Mateev Point
Mateev Point (Bulgarian: Матеев нос, romanized: Mateev nos, IPA: [mɐ'tɛɛf 'nɔs]) is the conspicuous 43 m high rocky point projecting 490 m north-northwestwards into Berraz Bay on the north coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[1]
The feature is named after Dragomir Mateev, science and logistics coordinator at the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, participant in the 2008/09 and subsequent Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns, and base commander at St. Kliment Ohridski in the 2011/12, 2018/19 и 2019/20 seasons.
Location
[edit]Mateev Point is located at 63°15′52″S 62°07′10.5″W / 63.26444°S 62.119583°W,[2] which is 5.87 km southeast of Cape Wallace and 2.45 km southwest of Venev Point. British mapping in 2009.
Maps
[edit]- 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.
Notes
[edit]- ^ L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28
- ^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission
References
[edit]- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit]- Mateev Point. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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