Pascin Point
Pascin Point (Bulgarian: нос Паскин, ‘Nos Pascin’ \'nos pas-'kin\) is the oval rocky point on the northwest coast of Livingston Island in Antarctica projecting 250 m north-northwestwards into Zornitsa Cove in Barclay Bay. It is named after the Bulgarian artist Jules Pascin (Julius Pincas, 1885-1930).
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Topographic map featuring Pascin Point
Location
Pascin Point is located at 62°35′12″S 60°50′41″W, which is 3 km east-northeast of Rowe Point, 6.4 km southeast of Frederick Rocks and 5.82 km south of Scesa Point. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.
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.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
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References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Pascin Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
- Pascin Point. Copernix satellite image
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