Sokol Point
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Coordinates | 66 ° 41 ′ S , 65 ° 44 ′ W | |
location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
coast | Loubet coast | |
Waters | Darbel Bay | |
Waters 2 | Widdowson Cove | |
length | 1 900 m |
The Sokol Point (English; Bulgarian нос Сокол nos Sokol ) is a 1.9 km long headland on the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 8.1 km northeast of Rubner Peak , 29.35 km east-southeast of Madell Point , 43.4 km south of Cape Bellue , 9.65 km south of Gostilya Point and 9.4 km west-southwest of Voit Peak as an extension of the Sherba Ridge into Darbel Bay . It separates the mouth of the Drummond Glacier in the east from that of the Widdowson Glacier in the south.
British scientists mapped them in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2015 after localities in northeast and southeast Bulgaria .
Web links
- Sokol Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)