Avitohol Point

{{Short description|Point of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}}

Avitohol Point ({{langx|bg|нос Авитохол|nos Avitohol}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈnɔs ɐvitoˈxɔɫ|IPA}}) is a point on the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica projecting {{Convert|1.15|km|mi|abbr=on}} into Hero Bay to form the west side of the entrance to Skravena Cove and the southeast side of the entrance to Prisoe Cove. It is surmounted by Fletcher Nunatak and Belev Nunatak. The point is named after the legendary Khan Avitohol listed in the 8th Century Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans, who laid the foundations of the Bulgarian statehood in Europe in 165 AD.[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134533 Avitohol Point.] Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

Location

The point is located at {{coord|62|33|54|S|60|37|05|W|display=inline,title}} which is {{Convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Snow Peak, {{Convert|9.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} west-southwest of Siddins Point, {{Convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-southeast of Black Point and {{Convert|14.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Cape Shirreff.[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134533 Avitohol Point.] Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

The point was mapped by Bulgaria in 2005 and 2009 and is registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Maps

L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands]. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. {{ISBN|978-619-90008-3-0}}

Notes

References

[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134533 Avitohol Point.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-60.62402123284915,-62.56796578757945,15&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Avitohol Point.] Adjusted Copernix satellite image

Category:Headlands of Livingston Island