Varbak Point
| Varbak Point | ||
 Map of Smith Island with Varbak Point (upper half of the map on the right) |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 56 ′ S , 62 ° 23 ′ W | |
| location | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Pakusha Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Boyd Strait | |
| length | 1 200 m | |
The Varbak Point (English; Bulgarian нос Върбак nos Warbak ) is an icy headland on the southwest coast of Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 8.45 km southwest of Cape Smith , 8.5 km northeast of Sredets Point and 4.63 km east of Mount Pisgah on the southwest side of the entrance to Pakusha Cove .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the town of Warbak in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Varbak Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)