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Location of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Vokil Point (Bulgarian: нос Вокил, ‘Nos Vokil’ \'nos vo-'kil\) is a point on the southwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Boyd Strait and forming the north side of the entrance to Barutin Cove.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian ruling dynasty of Vokil (8th century).

Location

Vokil Point is located at 62°47′33″S 61°31′10″W / 62.79250°S 61.51944°W / -62.79250; -61.51944, which is 2 km south of Esteverena Point and 2 km north of Monroe Point (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

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


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