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Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands. |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Length | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
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| Population | 0 |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Chiprovtsi Point (Bulgarian: нос Чипровци, ‘Nos Chiprovtsi’ \'nos 'chi-prov-tsi\) is a point projecting 400 m (440 yd) from the north coast of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and forming the east side of the entrance to Nishava Cove. Situated 1.2 km (0.75 mi) west of Ivan Vladislav Point, and 1.7 km (1.1 mi) east-southeast of Cape Sheffield. Extended further 400 m (440 yd) northwestwards by the group of Chiprovtsi Islets named in association with the point.
The point is named after the town of Chiprovtsi in northwestern Bulgaria.
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Chiprovtsi Point is located at . British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993 and Bulgarian in 2009.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
