Kudoglu Point (Bulgarian: нос Кудоглу, ‘Nos Kudoglu’ \'nos 'ku-do-glu\) is the sharp and low ice-free point projecting 150 m from the west side of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula northwestwards into Barclay Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica. It is named after the Bulgarian merchant and dedicated philanthropist Dimitar Kudoglu (1862-1940).
Location edit
Kudoglu Point is located at 62°30′38″S 60°49′40″W / 62.51056°S 60.82778°W, which is 800 m northeast of Dreyfus Point and 2.28 km south of Mercury Bluff. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.
Maps edit
- 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.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
References edit
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kudoglu Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links edit
- Kudoglu Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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