Boil Point
Boil Point (Bulgarian: нос Боил, ‘Nos Boil’ \'nos bo-'il\) is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Retizhe Cove on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
The point is named after the settlement of Boil in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Boil Point is located at 63°29′46″S 57°26′35″W, which is 6.45 km northwest of View Point, 7.45 km southeast of Theodolite Hill, 8.45 km south of Camel Nunataks and 5.82 km west-southwest of Garvan 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), 1993–2016.
References
- Boil Point. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Boil 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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