Jireček Point ( bg, нос Иречек, nos Irechek, ) is the point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

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forming the south side of the entrance to Cabut Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to

Bourchier Cove Bourchier Cove ( bg, залив Баучър, zaliv Bauchar, ) is the 2.35 km wide cove indenting for 860 m the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Jireček Point and Villagra Point. ...

. Situated 1.1 km south-southeast of Markeli Point and 2.35 km north-northeast of

Villagra Point Villagra Point is the point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Bourchier Cove. The feature's name is given by Argentina. Location Villagra Point is located a ...

. The point is named after the settlements of

Irechek Irechek ( bg, Иречек ) is a village in Kavarna Municipality, Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria, located about north of Kavarna. It lies to the west of Vranino, south of Vidno and to the northeast of Mogilishte Mogilishte ( bg, Мог� ...

in northeastern and Irechekovo in southeastern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

, in connection with the Czech historian and Bulgarian educator

Konstantin Jireček Konstantin Josef Jireček (24 July 1854 10 January 1918) was an Austro-Hungarian Czech historian, politician, diplomat, and Slavist. He was the founder of Bohemian Balkanology (or Balkan Studies) and Byzantine studies, and wrote extensively o ...

(1854–1918).

Location

Jireček Point is located at . Bulgarian mapping in 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. * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )
South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands.
Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated. * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Jireček Point.
SCAR

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External links

Jireček Point.
Copernix satellite image Headlands of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands) Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{SmithIsland-geo-stub