Raduil Point (Bulgarian: нос Радуил, ‘Nos Raduil’ \'nos ra-du-'il\) is a point forming the northwest extremity of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait off Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.

Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Astrolabe Island from northwest, with Raduil Point in the foreground.

The point is named after the settlement of Raduil in southwestern Bulgaria.

Location edit

Raduil Point is located at 63°18′14″S 58°44′55″W / 63.30389°S 58.74861°W / -63.30389; -58.74861, which is 4.5 km (2.8 mi) northwest of Sherrell Point and 3.15 km (1.96 mi) west of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps edit

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

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