Preker Point
| Preker Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 41 ′ S , 60 ° 49 ′ W | |
| location | Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Saldobisa Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Bransfield Street | |
The Preker Point (English; Bulgarian нос Прекер nos Preker ) is a rocky headland on the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms 2.12 km southwest of Cape Wollaston and 2.26 km north-northwest of Burya Point, the north side of the entrance to Saldobisa Cove .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after a mountain in the eastern Balkan Mountains .
Web links
- Preker Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)