Goleminov Point ( bg, Големинов нос, ‘Goleminov Nos’ \go-le-'mi-nov 'nos\) is the rocky point on the northwest coast of

Alexander Island Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarc ...

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projecting 400 m westwards into

Lazarev Bay Lazarev Bay is a rectangular bay, long and wide, which separates Alexander Island from Rothschild Island and is bounded on the south side by the Wilkins Ice Shelf, which joins the east portion of Rothschild Island and the west portion of Alexan ...

southeast of the

terminus Terminus may refer to: * Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination * Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination Geography *Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...

Manolov Glacier Manolov Glacier ( bg, Манолов ледник, Manolov lednik, ) is the 3 km long in east-northeast to west-southwest direction and 1.3 km wide glacier on the west side of Havre Mountains in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. I ...

. The feature is named after the

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composer,

Marin Goleminov Marin Petrov Goleminov ( bg, Марин Петров Големинов; 28 September 1908 – 19 February 2000) was a Bulgarian composer, violinist, conductor and pedagogue. Life and career Goleminov was born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria; the son ...

(1908-2000).

Location

Goleminov Point is located at , which is 6.17 km southeast of

Kamhi Point Kamhi Point ( bg, 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. Th ...

, 24.9 km south-southeast of

Cape Vostok Cape Vostok () is a rocky headland which forms the west extremity of the Havre Mountains and the northwest extremity of Alexander Island in Antarctica. It was discovered by the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1821, led by Fabian Gottlieb von ...

and 6 km northwest of

Dint Island Dint Island is a rocky island, long. Probably first seen from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, it was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, by D. Searle of the Falkla ...

. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
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)
Goleminov Point.
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

Goleminov Point.
Copernix satellite image Headlands of Alexander Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{AlexanderIsland-geo-stub