
Radev Point ( bg, Радев нос, ‘Radev Nos’ \'ra-dev 'nos\) is a point in the southeast extremity of
Rugged Island off the west coast of
Byers Peninsula of
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica.
Kianida Reef
Kianida Reef ( bg, риф Кианида, rif Kianida, ) is the 350 m long in east-west direction and 140 m wide, narrowing to the east rocky reef lying in Osogovo Bay, off the southeast extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. ...
lies 440 m southwest of the point. The feature is situated 4.5 km east of
Benson Point
Benson Point is the ice-free headland forming the southwest extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a northwest entrance point for Morton Strait. The area was known to early 19th century sealers.
The feature ...
, 1.05 km southwest of
Vund Point, and 2.62 km west by south of
Laager Point, Livingston Island.
The point is named after the prominent Bulgarian historiographer, writer and diplomat
Simeon Radev (1879 – 1967).
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)
Location
Radev Point is located at . British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.
Maps
Península Byers, Isla Livingston.Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
* 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.
* L.L. Ivanov.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
See also
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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
*
Islands of Antarctica
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island i ...
Notes
References
Radev 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 th ...
.
External links
Radev Point.Copernix satellite image
Headlands of the South Shetland Islands
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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