Vaglen Point (Bulgarian: нос Въглен, ‘Nos Vaglen’ \'nos 'v&-glen\) is the rock-tipped point on the southwest side of the entrance to Chinstrap Cove on the northwest coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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The point is named after the settlements of Vaglen in Northeastern and Southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
editVaglen Point is located at 61°14′39″S 54°11′53″W / 61.24417°S 54.19806°W, which is 5.75 km north-northeast of Craggy Point and 7.45 km southwest of Humble Point. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
Maps
edit- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
- South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Vaglen Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
External links
edit- Vaglen Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.