Miletich Point

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Miletich Point (Nos Miletich 'nos \mi-'le-tich\) is the rocky point forming the west side of the entrance to Haskovo Cove in Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. Stuated 800 m north of the summit of Crutch Peaks, 200 m southeast of Kabile Island, 1.55 km east of Pavlikeni Point, and 2.1 km west of Aprilov Point.

Aprilov Point is named for the Bulgarian linguist, ethnographer and historian Lyubomir Miletich (1863–1937).

Location

The point is located at 62°26′45.7″S 59°56′12″W / 62.446028°S 59.93667°W / -62.446028; -59.93667Coordinates: 62°26′45.7″S 59°56′12″W / 62.446028°S 59.93667°W / -62.446028; -59.93667 Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

Reference

• Miletich Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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