Veyka Point
| Veyka Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 11 ′ S , 61 ° 41 ′ W | |
| location | Two Hummock Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Lesura Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Gerlache Street | |
The Veyka Point (English; Bulgarian нос Вейка nos Wejka ) is a non-iced headland at the southern end of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms 5.07 km southeast of Palaver Point , 9.39 km south to east of Wauters Point and 33.58 km west-southwest of Cape Sterneck the east side of the entrance to Lesura Cove .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after a mountain in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains .
Web links
- Veyka Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)