Kakrina Point
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Coordinates | 61 ° 10 ′ S , 54 ° 1 ′ W | |
location | Clarence Island , South Shetland Islands | |
Waters | Smith Cove | |
Waters 2 | Southern ocean | |
length | 400 m |
The Kakrina Point (English; Bulgarian Нос Къкрина Nos Kakrina ) is a 400 m long and dominated by a rock headland on the east coast of Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 5.91 km north of Sugarloaf Island , 1.17 km north of Ilyo Point and 4.28 km south of Cape Lloyd on the north side of the entrance to Smith Cove .
British scientists mapped it in 1972 and 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the town of Kakrina in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kakrina Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)