Skalina Point Explained
Skalina Point (bg|нос Скалина, ‘Nos Skalina’ \'nos 'ska-li-na\) is the ice-covered point on the southwest side of the entrance to Yarebitsa Cove on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is named after the settlement of Skalina in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Skalina Point is located at -63.0339°N -62.5328°W, which is 11.7 km northeast of Cape James, 3 km southeast of Neofit Peak and 4.6 km southwest of Sredets Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.
Maps
- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009.)
- South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
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