Ficheto Point

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Ficheto Point
Geographical location
Ficheto Point (South Shetland Islands)
Ficheto Point
Coordinates 62 ° 28 ′  S , 60 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 28 ′  S , 60 ° 6 ′  W
location Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands
Waters McFarlane Strait
Waters 2 Dragon Cove

The Ficheto Point (English; Bulgarian нос Фичето nos Fitscheto ) is a non-iced headland on the northeast coast of the Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It forms 2.3 km southeast of Williams Point , 0.8 km east-southeast of Sigritsa Point , 1.3 km east of Sayer Nunatak and 2.9 km northwest of Pomorie Point the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove .

British scientists mapped it in 1968. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2006 after the Bulgarian architect, builder and artist Kolju Fitscheto (1800–1881).

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