Ficheto Point
Ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica
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::summary Ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ficheto Point |
| image | Pomorie-Livingston.jpg |
| image_caption | Channel Rock from Miziya Peak, with Meade Islands in the background; Ficheto Point is on the left and Pomorie Point on the right. |
| image_map | Varna-Peninsula-location-map.png |
| image_map_caption | Location of Ficheto Point |
| pushpin_map | Antarctic Peninsula#Antarctica |
| pushpin_map_relief | yes |
| location | Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| population | uninhabited |
| country | Antarctica |
| treaty_system | Antarctic Treaty System |
| :: |
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Ficheto Point (Nos Ficheto 'nos 'fi-che-to) is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Channel Rock () is lying in the adjacent northwestern part of McFarlane Strait, 1.3 km northeast of Ficheto Point and 920 m south-southwest of Meade Islands. The area was visited by 19th century sealers.
The point is named after the famous Bulgarian architect, builder and sculptor Nikola Fichev – ‘Kolyu Ficheto’ (1800-1881). Channel Rock was charted and descriptively named by the Discovery Investigations in 1935.
Location
Ficheto Point is located at which is2.3 km southeast of Williams Point, 800 m east-southeast of Sigritsa Point, 1.3 km east of Sayer Nunatak and 2.9 km northwest of Pomorie Point. (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg" caption="Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands."] ::
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Notes
References
- Ficheto Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
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