Matochina Peak

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Matochina Point (Bulgarian: връх Маточина, ‘Vrah Matochina’ \'vr&h 'ma-to-chi-na\) is a peak rising to 750 m in the north extremity of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 3.3 km west-southwest of Cape Smith and 3.2 km northeast of Mount Christi. Overlooking Saparevo Glacier to the west and southwest, Vedena Cove to the west and Glozhene Cove to the northeast. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the settlement and medieval fortress of Matochina in southeastern Bulgaria.

Coordinates: 62°53′18″S 62°21′24″W / 62.88833°S 62.35667°W / -62.88833; -62.35667

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

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

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