Smilets Point

Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Smilets Point (Bulgarian: нос Смилец, ‘Nos Smilets’ \'nos smi-'lets\) is the rocky point on the southwest side of the entrance to Hall Cove, projecting 500 m north-northwestwards from the northwest coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The point is named after Czar Smilets of Bulgaria, 1292-1298.

Location

Smilets Point is located at 62°15′58.6″S 59°11′23″W / 62.266278°S 59.18972°W / -62.266278; -59.18972Coordinates: 62°15′58.6″S 59°11′23″W / 62.266278°S 59.18972°W / -62.266278; -59.18972, which is 5.24 km northeast of Harmony Point and 2.85 km southwest of Retamales Point. British mapping in 1968.

Maps

• Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
• South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.

References

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

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