Provadiya Hook
Gravel barrier spit in AntarcticaProvadiya Hook is a gravel barrier spit separating the inner Yankee Harbour in Greenwich Island, Antarctica from the outer Shopski Cove and McFarlane Strait. Boomerang-shaped, extending 700 m northwestward from the southwest extremity of Oborishte Ridge to a point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Shopski Cove, and named Provadiya Point in association, then extending 500 m northwards to end up in Spit Point, the latter forming the south side of the entrance to Yankee Harbour. British mapping in 1968. Named after the town of Provadiya in Northeastern Bulgaria.
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