Ivan Asen Point

Ivan Asen Point

Ivan Asen Point ( _bg. "Нос Иван Асен", ‘Nos Ivan Asen’ 'nos i-'van a-'sen) (coord|63|01|30|S|62|30|43|W|) is a narrow rocky point projecting 300 m from the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 12 km northeast of Cape James, 20.6 km southwest of Cape Smith, 3.7 km south-southeast of the island’s summit Mount Foster (2105 m), and 3.2 km southeast of Slaveykov Peak. Forming the south side of the entrance to an 1.2-km wide cove indenting the coast for 400 m, and named Ivan Asen Cove in association with the point.

The point is named after Czar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, 1218-1241 AD.

ee also

* Smith Island
* List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica]


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