Location of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands

Map of Elephant Island

Boyadzhiev Point (Bulgarian: Бояджиев нос, romanized: Boyadzhiev nos, IPA: [bojɐ'dʒiɛf 'nɔs]) is the rocky northeast entrance point to Gurkovska Cove on the east coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.^[1]

The feature is named after Lieut. Gen. Kliment Boyadzhiev (1861-1933), an accomplished military commander and one of the founders of Bulgarian topography, author of an early relief map of Bulgaria.

Location

Boyadzhiev Point is located at 61°07′14″S 54°39′16″W / 61.12056°S 54.65444°W / -61.12056; -54.65444,^[2] which is 1.86 km south of Cape Valentine and 3.9 km northeast of Walker Point. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009.

Maps

• Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
• Elephant Island: From a survey by the Joint Services Expedition, December 1970. Scale 1:132000 topographic map. Royal Geographical Society (UK), 1972.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
• South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Boyadzhiev Point. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.