Kiten Point
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Kiten Point (Bulgarian: Нос Китен, ‘Nos Kiten’ \'nos 'ki-ten\) is the point forming the south side of the entrance to Chudomir Cove on the Trinity Peninsula coast of Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea. Situated 4.3 km southwest of Pitt Point, 7.56 km southeast of Mount Reece, and 7.15 km northwest of Largelius Point on James Ross Island.
The point is named after the town of Kiten in southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Kiten Point is located at 63°52′55″S 58°26′08″W / 63.88194°S 58.43556°WCoordinates: 63°52′55″S 58°26′08″W / 63.88194°S 58.43556°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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