Sandilh Point ( bg, нос Сандилх, ‘Nos Sandilh’ \'nos san-'dilh\) is the partly ice-free point on the northwest side of the entrance to

Durostorum Bay Durostorum Bay ( bg, залив Дуросторум, ‘Zaliv Durostorum’ \'za-liv du-ro-'sto-rum\) is the 6.7 km wide bay indenting for 3.9 km Oscar II Coast in Graham Land southeast of Sandilh Point and northwest of Ranyari Point. ...

Oscar II Coast Oscar II Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Fairweather to the north, and Cape Alexander to the south. Discovered in 1893 by Captain C.A. Larsen, who named it for King Oscar II of Norway and Sweden. ...

in Graham Land. It is situated at the east extremity of

Tepava Ridge Tepava Ridge ( bg, хребет Тепава, ‘Hrebet Tepava’ \'hre-bet te-'pa-va\) is the narrow rocky ridge extending 7.55 km towards Sandilh Point to the east, 1.6 km wide, and rising to 653 m Larsen Ice Shelf The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to Smith Peninsula. It is named after Captain Carl Anton Larsen, the master of the N ...

in the area, and the retreat of

Pequod Glacier Pequod Glacier () is a glacier over 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, draining eastwards between Parlichev Ridge to the north, and Taridin Ridge and Krupen Ridge to the south, and flowing into Exasperation Inlet on the east coast of Graham L ...

in the early 21st century. Named after the Bulgar ruler Sandilh (6th century).

Location

Sandilh Point is located at , which is 7.5 km southeast of

Kalina Point Kalina Point ( bg, нос Калина, ‘Nos Kalina’ \'nos ka-'li-na\) is the rocky point on the south side of the entrance to Domlyan Bay on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It is situated at the east extremity of Parlichev Ridge, and was for ...

and 6.7 km northwest of

Ranyari Point Ranyari Point ( bg, нос Раняри, ‘Nos Ranyari’ \'nos ra-'nya-ri\) is the rounded ice-covered point on the southeast side of the entrance to Durostorum Bay on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It is situated on the north coast of Akra Peni ...

. SCAR Antarctic Digital Database mapping in 2012.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Sandilh Point.
SCAR

Composite Antarctic Gazetteer 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 t ...

.
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)

External links

Sandilh Point.
Copernix satellite image Headlands of Graham Land Oscar II Coast Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{OscarIICoast-geo-stub