Lakatnik Point

Lakatnik Point (Bulgarian: нос Лакатник, ‘Nos Lakatnik’ \'nos la-'kat-nik\) is a point on the northwest coast of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands situated 1.6 km north-northeast of Lista Point, 11 km north-northeast of Cape James, 2.66 km southwest of Garmen Point and 22 km southwest of Cape Smith. Formed by an offshoot of Neofit Peak. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the settlement of Lakatnik in western Bulgaria.

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Smith Island.

63°00′30″S 62°37′18″W

Maps

• Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
• South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

References

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

External links

• Lakatnik Point. Copernix satellite image

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