Damga Point

Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Astrolabe Island from northwest, with Damga Point in the right foreground

Damga Point (Bulgarian: нос Дамга, ‘Nos Damga’ \'nos 'dam-ga\) is the sharp rocky northwest entrance point of Mokren Bight on the west coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. It is “named after Damga Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.”

Location

Damga Point is located at 63°19′04″S 58°44′29″W, which is 1.58 km south of Raduil Point, 1.2 km southwest of Petleshkov Hill and 3.1 km northwest of Sherrell Point. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

External links

• Damga Point. Copernix satellite image

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