Vartop Point

Location of Magnier Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Vartop Point (Bulgarian: нос Въртоп, ‘Nos Vartop’ \'nos v&r-'top\) is the point on the northwest side of the entrance to Finaeus Cove on the northeast coast of Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

The feature is named after the settlement of Vartop in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Vartop Point is located at 65°39′18″S 64°13′00″W / 65.65500°S 64.21667°W / -65.65500; -64.21667Coordinates: 65°39′18″S 64°13′00″W / 65.65500°S 64.21667°W / -65.65500; -64.21667, which is 3.85 km southeast of Paragon Point, 5.18 km southwest of Eijkman Point and 3.8 km northwest of Krasava Point. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Vartop 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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