Velikan Point

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Smith Island.

Velikan Point (Bulgarian: нос Великан, ‘Nos Velikan’ \'nos ve-li-'kan\) is the ice-covered point on the southwest side of the entrance to Nikolov Cove on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is named after the settlement of Velikan in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Velikan Point is located at 62°58′19.4″S 62°25′13″W / 62.972056°S 62.42028°W / -62.972056; -62.42028Coordinates: 62°58′19.4″S 62°25′13″W / 62.972056°S 62.42028°W / -62.972056; -62.42028, which is 12.65 km southwest of Cape Smith, 4.3 km northeast of Sredets Point and 4.15 km southeast of Drinov Peak. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Velikan Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Smith Island seen from southeast.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.