Ground-state properties of heaviest nuclei are recalculated within a macroscopic--microscopic approach. Both macroscopic and microscopic parts of energy are modified. Such properties as deformation, masses, neutron separation energies, \alpha -decay energies and half-lives are studied. A large region of even--even nuclei with proton, Z=82--128, and neutron, N=126--188, numbers is considered.

PACS numbers: 21.10.Dr, 23.60.+e, 27.90.+b