Yovkov Point (Yovkov Nos \'yov-kov 'nos\) is a point on the southwest coast of

Greenwich Island Greenwich Island (variant historical names ''Sartorius Island'', ''Berezina Island'') is an island long and from (average ) wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island's surface ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

projecting 150 m southwards into McFarlane Strait, forming the northwest side of the entrance to

Kramolin Cove Kramolin Cove (, ) is the wide cove indenting for the southwest coast of Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands), Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is entered between Yovkov Point and Kaspichan Point. Shape enhanc ...

. Formed as a result of Murgash Glacier's retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century. The feature is named after the famous

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n writer

Yordan Yovkov Yordan Stefanov Yovkov () (November 9, 1880 – October 15, 1937) was a prominent Bulgarian writer from the interwar period. Biography Born in the village of Zheravna, Yovkov studied at First Sofia Men’s High School, from which he graduated i ...

(1880–1937).

Location

The point is located at , which is 3.6 km southeast of Kerseblept Nunatak, 2.2 km south-southwest of

Lloyd Hill Lloyd Hill is an ice-covered hill rising to 335 m in the southwest of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The hill surmounts Teteven Glacier to the north and Murgash Glacier to the southeast. The ...

, 2.95 km southwest of

Tile Ridge Tile Ridge (''Rid Tile'' ) is a partly ice-free ridge of elevation 240 m in Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ridge is named after the ancient Tylis, Tile (Tylis), capital town of the Celtic King ...

and 1.98 km west-northwest of

Kaspichan Point Kaspichan Point (Nos Kaspichan \'nos 'ka-spi-chan\) is a point on the southeast side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated next west of Hebrizelm Hill, 1.4 km northwest of Triang ...

(Bulgarian topographic survey

Tangra 2004/05 The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the ...

and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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.

References

Yovkov 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 ...

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 (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commis ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Yovkov Point.
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