Academic professor Anastas Todorov Ishirkov ( bg, Анастас Тодоров Иширков; 5 April 1868 – 6 April 1937) was Bulgarian scientist, geographer and ethnographer. He was the founder of geographical science in
Bulgaria and was a member of
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869.
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Honours
Ishirkov Crag on
Oscar II Coast
Oscar II Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Fairweather to the north, and Cape Alexander to the south. Discovered in 1893 by Captain C.A. Larsen, who named it for King Oscar II of Norway and Sweden. ...
in
Graham Land,
Antarctica is named after Anastas Ishirkov.
Ishirkov CragSCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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1868 births
1937 deaths
Bulgarian scientists
People from Lovech
Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Members of the Macedonian Scientific Institute
Sofia University faculty
Bulgarian geographers
Bulgarian ethnographers
Rectors of Sofia University
Burials at Central Sofia Cemetery
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