Ficheto Point (Nos Ficheto 'nos 'fi-che-to) is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Channel Rock (-62.46328°N, -60.08097°W) is lying in the adjacent northwestern part of McFarlane Strait, 1.3 km northeast of Ficheto Point and 920 m south-southwest of Meade Islands. The area was visited by 19th century sealers. The point is named after the famous Bulgarian architect, builder and sculptor Nikola Fichev – ‘Kolyu Ficheto’ (1800-1881). Channel Rock was charted and descriptively named by the Discovery Investigations in 1935.

Location

Ficheto Point is located at -62.46778°N, -60.10778°W which is2.3 km southeast of Williams Point, 800 m east-southeast of Sigritsa Point, 1.3 km east of Sayer Nunatak and 2.9 km northwest of Pomorie Point. (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

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