Dralfa Point ( bg, нос Дралфа, ‘Nos Dralfa’ \'nos 'dral-fa\) is the point on the south side of the entrance to

Patagonia Bay Patagonia Bay () is a bay between Gourdon Peninsula and Thompson Peninsula on the northeast coast of Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago in Antarctica. It is entered north of Dralfa Point. The bay's head is fed by Lipen Glacier. Named " Bahia ...

and the north side of the entrance to Fournier Bay, forming the north extremity of

Thompson Peninsula Thompson Peninsula () is a peninsula 3 nautical miles (6 km) long on the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is bounded by Patagonia Bay on the northwest and Fournier Bay on the southeast, and ends in ...

on the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, 26 km south-southeast of

Cape Grönland Cape Grönland () is a cape on the east side of the entrance to Gerritsz Bay which forms the northern extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The cape was discovered by a German expedition 1873–74, under Eduard D ...

, 7.07 km south by east of Gourdon Point and 18.6 km northwest of

Ryswyck Point Ryswyck Point () is a point marking the east extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to wint ...

. The point is named after the settlement of Dralfa in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Dralfa Point is at . British mapping in 1980.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Dralfa Point.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Punta Gourdon.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

Dralfa Point.
Copernix satellite image Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{AnversIsland-geo-stub