Sparadok Point

{{Short description|Sharp ice-free point in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}}

File:Byers Peninsula, eastern part.jpg in Livingston Island with left to right Lair Hill, Robbery Beaches, Sparadok Point, Tsamblak Hill and Negro Hill in the middle ground; and Rowe Point, Cutler Stack, Ivanov Beach, Nedelya Point, Urvich Wall surmounted by the slopes of Rotch Dome, and Clark Nunatak in the background]]

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Sparadok Point ({{langx|bg|нос Спарадок}}, ‘Nos Sparadok’ \'nos spa-ra-'dok\) is a sharp ice-free point projecting 200 m from the coast of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with a shingle spit extending further 300 m northwards into Barclay Bay. It is surmounted by Tsamblak Hill. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The point is named after the Thracian King Sparadok, 445-435 BC.

Location

Sparadok Point is located at {{coord|62|37|34|S|61|00|01.4|W|display=inline,title}}, which is 1.58 km southwest of Nedelya Point and 2.23 km southeast of Lair Point. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.

Maps

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131109084308/http://hercules.cedex.es/Ecosistemas/ByersRadar.pdf#55 Península Byers, Isla Livingston.] Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
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. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}}

References

[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134750 Sparadok Point.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
[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=-61.00038899999999,-62.6264168485569,16&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Sparadok Point.] Copernix satellite image

Category:Headlands of Livingston Island

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic