Tarakchiev Point
Tarakchiev Point (Bulgarian: Тара��чиев нос, ‘Tarakchiev Nos’ \ta-rak-'chi-ev 'nos\) is a sharp, rocky point forming the west extremity of Whittle Peninsula on Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Situated on the northeast side of the entrance to Jordanoff Bay, 4.4 km south-southwest of Cape Kater and 5 km northeast of Wennersgaard Point.
The point is named for the Bulgarian pioneer of aviation (1885–1969) who, while on a joint combat air mission with during the First Balkan War, used the first aerial bombs on October 16, 1912.
Location[]
Tarakchiev Point is located at 63°48′44″S 59°52′13″W / 63.81222°S 59.87028°WCoordinates: 63°48′44″S 59°52′13″W / 63.81222°S 59.87028°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map[]
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References[]
- Tarakchiev Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links[]
- Tarakchiev Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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