Damga Point
Damga Point (Bulgarian: нос Дамга, ‘Nos Damga’ \'nos 'dam-ga\) is the sharp rocky northwest entrance point of Mokren Bight on the west coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. It is “named after Damga Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.”[1]
Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Astrolabe Island from northwest, with Damga Point in the right foreground
Location
Damga Point is located at 63°19′04″S 58°44′29″W, which is 1.58 km south of Raduil Point, 1.2 km southwest of Petleshkov Hill and 3.1 km northwest of Sherrell Point. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
- 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.
References
- Damga Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Damga Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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