Chichil Point (Bulgarian: нос Чичил, ‘Nos Chichil’ \'nos 'chi-chil\) is the rocky point on the southwest coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the west extremity of the island.
Location of Chichil Point in Antarctica
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/South_Shetland_Islands_Map.png/240px-South_Shetland_Islands_Map.png)
The point is named after the settlement of Chichil in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
editChichil Point is located at 61°16′33″S 54°14′07″W / 61.27583°S 54.23528°W, which is 2.1 km north of Craggy Point and 4.05 km southwest of Vaglen Point. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
Maps
edit- 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
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Chichil Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
External links
edit- Chichil Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.