Hvarchil Point

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Hvarchil Point (Bulgarian: нос Хвърчил, ‘Nos Hvarchil’ \'nos hv&r-'chil\) is the ice-covered point forming the southwest extremity of Lecointe Island off the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

The point is named after the settlement of Hvarchil in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Hvarchil Point is located at 64°17′04″S 62°05′55″W / 64.28444°S 62.09861°W / -64.28444; -62.09861Coordinates: 64°17′04″S 62°05′55″W / 64.28444°S 62.09861°W / -64.28444; -62.09861, which is 8.08 km south-southwest of Mitchell Point, 7.25 km southwest of Cape Kaiser, 5.15 km northeast of Momino Point and 2.7 km east of Bov Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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References

Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.

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


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