Ugarchin Point Explained

Ugarchin Point (bg|нос Угърчин, ‘Nos Ugarchin’ \'nos u-g&r-'chin\) is a point on the northeast coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Nelson Strait. Named after the town of Ugarchin in northern Bulgaria.

Location

The point is located at -62.3669°N -59.47°W, which is 4.7 km west of Smirnenski Point and 4.2 km southeast of Newell Point (Bulgarian early mapping in 2009).

Maps

• 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.)
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

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

External links

• Ugarchin Point. Copernix satellite image