Skalina Point
| Skalina Point | ||
 Map of Smith Island with Skalina Point (lower half of the map on the right) |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 2 ′ S , 62 ° 32 ′ W | |
| location | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Yarebitsa Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Osmar Strait | |
| length | 300 m | |
The Skalina Point (English; Bulgarian нос Скалина nos Skalina ) is an icy headland on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 11.7 km northeast of Cape James , 3 km southeast of Neofit Peak and 4.6 km southwest of Sredets Point on the southwest side of the entrance to Yarebitsa Cove .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the village of Skalina in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Skalina Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)