Lakatnik Point
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.
Lakatnik Point (Bulgarian: нос Лакатник, ‘Nos Lakatnik’ \'nos la-'kat-nik\) is a point on the northwest coast of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands situated 1.6 km north-northeast of Lista Point, 11 km north-northeast of Cape James, 2.66 km southwest of Garmen Point and 22 km southwest of Cape Smith. Formed by an offshoot of Neofit Peak. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the settlement of Lakatnik in western Bulgaria.
Coordinates: 63°00′30″S 62°37′18″W / 63.00833°S 62.62167°W
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
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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