Zahari Point

Zahari Point (Nos Zahari \'nos za-'ha-ri\) is an ice-free point on the southwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the northwest side of the entrance to Micalvi Cove. Ice-free surface area 21 hectares (52 acres).^[1] The feature is named after the Bulgarian writer and historiographer Zahari Stoyanov (1850–1889).

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Location

The point is located at 62°26′58″S 59°32′08″W, which is 6.8 km southeast of Negra Point, 1.8 km east-southeast of Beron Point, and 2 km northwest of Edwards Point (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Map

• 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.

Notes

1. L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

• Zahari Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Zahari Point. Copernix satellite image

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