Pascin Point
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Pascin Point (Bulgarian: нос Паскин, ‘Nos Pascin’ \'nos pas-'kin\) is the oval rocky point on the northwest coast of Livingston Island in Antarctica projecting 250 m north-northwestwards into Zornitsa Cove in Barclay Bay. It is named after the Bulgarian artist Jules Pascin (Julius Pincas, 1885-1930).
Location
[edit | edit source]Pascin Point is located at Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)., which is 3 km east-northeast of Rowe Point, 6.4 km southeast of Frederick Rocks and 5.82 km south of Scesa Point. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.
Maps
[edit | edit source]- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
References
[edit | edit source]- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Pascin Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
[edit | edit source]- Pascin Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
