Medovene Point

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Smith Island.

Medovene Point (Bulgarian: нос Медовене, ‘Nos Medovene’ \'nos 'me-do-ve-ne\) is the ice-covered point on the northeast side of the entrance to Zapalnya Cove on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is named after the settlement of Medovene in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Medovene Point is located at 62°57′15.6″S 62°23′47″W / 62.954333°S 62.39639°W / -62.954333; -62.39639Coordinates: 62°57′15.6″S 62°23′47″W / 62.954333°S 62.39639°W / -62.954333; -62.39639, which is 10.34 km southwest of Cape Smith, 6.63 km northeast of Sredets Point and 4 km southeast of Mount Pisgah. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

Smith Island seen from southeast.

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