Varad Point

Location of Foyn Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Varad Point (Bulgarian: нос Варад, ‘Nos Varad’ \'nos va-'rad\) is the rocky point on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula situated 12.8 km west-southwest of Spur Point and 33.6 km north-northwest of Cape Robinson.

The feature is named after the settlement of Varad in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Varad Point is located at 66°37′51″S 64°04′24″W / 66.63083°S 64.07333°W / -66.63083; -64.07333Coordinates: 66°37′51″S 64°04′24″W / 66.63083°S 64.07333°W / -66.63083; -64.07333. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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

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

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