Kamhi Point

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Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
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Map of Havre Mountains, Alexander Island in Antarctica

Kamhi Point (Bulgarian: 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.

The feature is named after Rafael Moshe Kamhi (1870-1970), a leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Macedonia.

Kamhi Point is located at 69°17′57.7″S 72°02′36″W / 69.299361°S 72.04333°W / -69.299361; -72.04333, which is 19.17 km south-southeast of Cape Vostok, 8.8 km southeast of Buneva Point, 6.17 km northwest of Goleminov Point and 1 km northeast of Umber Island. British mapping in 1991.

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