Vokil Point
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Coordinates | 62 ° 48 ′ S , 61 ° 31 ′ W | |
location | Snow Island , South Shetland Islands | |
Waters | Ensenada Del Mármol | |
Waters 2 | Barutin Cove | |
length | 300 m |
The Vokil Point (English; Bulgarian нос Вокил nos Wokil ) is a 300 m long headland in the southwest of Snow Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It forms the north side of the entrance to Barutin Cove , the south side of the entrance to Ensenada Del Mármol and is 2 km south of Esteverena Point and 2 km north of Monroe Point .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in the same year after the Bulgarian ruling house Wokil in the 8th century .
Web links
- Vokil Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)