Predel Point (, ‘Nos Predel’ \'nos pre-'del\) is a point on the northwest coast of Fournier Bay in Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica separating the termini of Rhesus Glacier to the north and Thamyris Glacier 4 km to the south.

The point is named after Predel Saddle between the mountains of Pirin and Rila in southwestern Bulgaria.

Predel Point

Location

Predel Point is located at , which is 10.72 km southwest of Dralfa Point, 15.03 km west-southwest of Andrews Point and 3.77 km north by west of Studena Point. British mapping in 1980.

Predel Point

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Predel Point

References

Predel Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

Predel Point. Copernix satellite image

Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago

Bulgaria and the Antarctic