Hvarchil Point

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Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Hvarchil Point (Bulgarian: нос Хвърчил, ‘Nos Hvarchil’ \'nos hv&r-'chil\) is the ice-covered point forming the southwest extremity of Lecointe Island off the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

The point is named after the settlement of Hvarchil in Western Bulgaria.

Hvarchil Point is located at 64°17′04″S 62°05′55″W / 64.28444°S 62.09861°W / -64.28444; -62.09861, which is 8.08 km south-southwest of Mitchell Point, 7.25 km southwest of Cape Kaiser, 5.15 km northeast of Momino Point and 2.7 km east of Bov Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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