Veyka Point

Location of Two Hummock Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Veyka Point (Bulgarian: нос Вейка, ‘Nos Veyka’ \'nos 'vey-ka\) is the ice-free tipped point on the east side of the entrance to Lesura Cove forming the south extremity of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The minor Cobălcescu Island is lying 1.2 km east-southeast of the point.

The point is named after Veyka Peak in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Veyka Point is located at 64°10′35″S 61°40′45″W / 64.17639°S 61.67917°W / -64.17639; -61.67917Coordinates: 64°10′35″S 61°40′45″W / 64.17639°S 61.67917°W / -64.17639; -61.67917, which is 5.07 km southeast of Palaver Point, 9.39 km south by east of Wauters Point, and 33.58 km west-southwest of Cape Sterneck (Herschel) on the Antarctic Peninsula. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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