Markeli Point
| Markeli Point | ||
 Map of Smith Island with Markeli Point (upper left half of the map) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 56 ′ S , 62 ° 33 ′ W | |
| location | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Cabut Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Drake Street | |
| length | 1 200 m | |
The Markeli Point (English; Bulgarian нос Маркели nos Markeli ) is an ice-free and 1.2 km long headland on the northeast coast of Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It protrudes 14.5 km southwest of Cape Smith , 2 km south-southwest of Gregory Point and 19.8 km north-northeast of Cape James in a west-southwest direction in the Drake Street and forms the north side of the entrance to Cabut Cove .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2008 after the medieval fortress of Markeli in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Markeli Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)