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Madzharovo Point ( bg, нос Маджарово, ‘Nos Madzharovo’ \'nos ma-'dzha-ro-vo\) is a point on the southwest coast of
Fournier Bay Fournier Bay () is a bay long and wide, indenting the northeast coast of Anvers Island immediately west of Briggs Peninsula and south of Dralfa Point, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Its head is fed by Rhesus, Thamyris, Kleptuza and ...
in Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago,
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
separating the termini of
Thamyris Glacier Thamyris Glacier ( bg, ледник Тамирис, lednik Tamiris, ) is a 3 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Situated east of Iliad ...
to the northwest and
Kleptuza Glacier Kleptuza Glacier ( bg, ледник Клептуза, lednik Kleptuza, ) is a 6 km long and 6 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of Mount Hector in the Trojan Range and the north slopes of Osterrieth Range on Anvers Island in t ...
to the southeast. The point is named after the town of Madzharovo 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 ...
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Location

Madzharovo Point is located at , which is 4.94 km southwest of
Predel Point Predel Point ( bg, нос Предел, ‘Nos Predel’ \'nos pre-'del\) is a point on the northwest coast of Fournier Bay in Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica separating the termini of Rhesus Glacier to the north and Thamyr ...
and 3.88 km west of
Studena Point Studena Point ( bg, нос Студена, ‘Nos Studena’ \'nos stu-'de-na\) is a rocky point forming the west side of the entrance to Dalchev Cove on the north coast of Parker Peninsula in the northeast part of Anvers Island, the Palmer Archi ...
. British mapping in 1980.


Maps

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.


References


Madzharovo Point.
SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ...
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
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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)


External links


Madzharovo Point.
Copernix satellite image Headlands of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{AnversIsland-geo-stub