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Marinka Point

Marinka Point (Bulgarian: нос Маринка, ‘Nos Marinka’ \'nos ma-'rin-ka) is the narrow rocky point projecting 400 m from the north coast of Pasteur Peninsula and forming the north extremity of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

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The point is named after the settlement of Marinka in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Marinka Point is located at 64°00′27″S 62°23′23″W, which is 4.5 km east by north of Cape Roux and 4.3 km west by north of Cape Cockburn. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
  • Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

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