Ivan Asen Point
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Ivan Asen Point (Bulgarian: Нос Иван Асен, ‘Nos Ivan Asen’ \'nos i-'van a-'sen\) ( ) 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.
