Kamhi Point

Kamhi Point (Bulgarian: нос Камхи, ‘Nos Kamhi’ \'nos kam-'hi\) is the sharp rocky point on the northwest coast of Alexander Island in Antarctica projecting 450 m westwards into Lazarev Bay south of the terminus of Oselna Glacier.

The feature is named after Rafael Moshe Kamhi (1870-1970), a leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Macedonia.

Location[]

Kamhi Point is located at

69°17′57.7″S 72°02′36″W / 69.299361°S 72.04333°W / -69.299361; -72.04333Coordinates: 69°17′57.7″S 72°02′36″W / 69.299361°S 72.04333°W / -69.299361; -72.04333, which is 19.17 km south-southeast of Cape Vostok, 8.8 km southeast of Buneva Point, 6.17 km northwest of Goleminov Point and 1 km northeast of Umber Island. British mapping in 1991.

Maps[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Sheet SR19-20/5. APC UK, 1991
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

References[]

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

External links[]

• Kamhi Point. Copernix satellite image

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