Atanasova Point ( bg, нос Атанасова, ‘Nos Atanasova’ \'nos a-ta-'na-so-va\) is the ice-free tipped point on the north coast of

Livingston Island Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, part of the South Shetlands Archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was the first land discovered south of 60� ...

projecting 450 m northwards into

Hero Bay A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ''actor''), ''hero' ...

. It is named after Tsvetelina Atanasova (1960-2018), participant in the Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns in 2009/10 and subsequent seasons.

Location

Atanasova Point is located at , which is 2.4 km east of

Kuklen Point Kuklen Point ( bg, нос Куклен, ‘Nos Kuklen’ \'nos 'kuk-len\) is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Skravena Cove on the coast of Hero Bay, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. It is situated 2.13 km southea ...

, 5.7 km southwest of

Siddins Point Siddins Point () is a point projecting into the middle of the head of Hero Bay on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 ...

, 3.27 km west by south of

Lukovit Point Lukovit Point ( bg, нос Луковит, ‘Nos Lukovit’ \'nos 'lu-ko-vit\) is an ice-free point on the coast of Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the west side of the entrance to Maleshevo Cove. Si ...

, 8 km northwest of

Ereby Point Ereby Point () is a point lying east-northeast of Hannah Point along the north side of South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name "Erebys Bay" was applied to South Bay on an 1825 chart by James Weddell, "Er ...

and 10.2 km north-northeast of

Hannah Point Hannah Point is a point on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It forms the east side of the entrance to Walker Bay and the west side of the entrance to South Bay. Surmounted by Ustra Peak to th ...

. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.

Maps

* L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Atanasova Point.
SCAR

Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about ...

External links

Atanasova Point.
Copernix satellite image {{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place Headlands of Livingston Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic