Slav Point
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Slav Point (Bulgarian: нос Слав, ‘Nos Slav’ \'nos 'slav\) is the ice-covered point on the north side of the entrance to Zimen Inlet on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It is situated on the east coast of Churchill Peninsula. The feature is named after the Bulgarian ruler Despot Alexius Slav (12th-13th century).
Location
[edit | edit source]Slav Point is located at Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)., which is 28.9 km north of Cape Alexander, 33.2 km south of Gulliver Nunatak, and 33.7 km west of Veier Head on Jason Peninsula. British mapping in 1974.
Maps
[edit | edit source]- British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19–20. London, 1974.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References
[edit | edit source]- Slav Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Slav Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.