Kakrina Point

Kakrina Point (Bulgarian: нос Къкрина, ‘Nos Kakrina’ \'nos 'k&-kri-na\) is the rock-tipped point projecting 400 m south-southeastwards from the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It forms the north side of the entrance to Smith Cove.

Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Clarence Island seen from northeast with (left to right) Cape Bowles, Istros Bay, Sugarloaf Island, Smith Cove, Kakrina Point, Kutela Cove and Cape Lloyd.

The point is named after the settlement of Kakrina in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Kakrina Point is located at 61°09′58.6″S 54°01′21″W, which is 5.91 km north of Sugarloaf Island, 1.17 km north of Ilyo Point and 4.28 km south of Cape Lloyd. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

Maps

• 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

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

External links

• Kakrina Point. Copernix satellite image

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