Predel Point
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Predel Point is a point on the northwest coast of Fournier Bay
Fournier Bay
Fournier Bay is a bay 8 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, indenting the northeast coast of Anvers Island immediately west of Briggs Peninsula, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by a German expedition 1873-74, under Dallmann. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition,...

 in Anvers Island
Anvers Island
Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at...

 in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, Antarctica separating the termini
Glacier terminus
A glacier terminus, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time. Although glaciers seem motionless to the observer, in reality glaciers are in endless motion and the glacier terminus is always either advancing or retreating...

 of Rhesus Glacier
Rhesus Glacier
Rhesus Glacier is a 7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica southeast of Paris Peak. Situated east of Iliad Glacier, south of Lipen Glacier and north of Thamyris Glacier...

 to the north and Thamyris Glacier
Thamyris Glacier
Thamyris Glacier is a 3 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Situated east of Iliad Glacier, south of Rhesus Glacier and northwest of Kleptuza Glacier...

 4 km to the south.

The point is named after Predel Saddle  between the mountains of Pirin
Pirin
The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren the highest peak, situated at . The range extends about 40 km northwest-southeast, and about 25 km wide. Most of the range is protected in the Pirin National Park...

 and Rila
Rila
Rila is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m...

 in southwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

.

Location

Predel Point is located at 64°32′08"S 63°12′43"W, which is 10.72 km southwest of Dralfa Point
Dralfa Point
Dralfa Point is the point forming the north extremity of Thompson Peninsula on the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica...

, 15.03 km west-southwest of Andrews Point
Andrews Point
Andrews Point is a headland between Hackapike Bay and Inverleith Harbour on the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was charted and named in 1927 by DI personnel on the RRS Discovery....

 and 3.77 km north by west of Studena Point
Studena Point
Studena Point is a rocky point on the north coast of Parker Peninsula in the northeast part of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, projecting 1.4 km northwards into Fournier Bay and separating the termini of Kleptuza Glacier to the west and Altimir Glacier to the east.The...

. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.
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