Isbul Point

Isbul Point (Bulgarian: нос Исбул, ‘Nos Isbul’ \'nos is-'bul\) is a narrow rocky point projecting 500 m from the coast of Ray Promontory into Svishtov Cove in the northwest extremity of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 600 m east of Start Point, 1.2 km west-southwest of Kardzhali Point, and 1.5 km southwest of Essex Point. Forming the east side of the entrance to Belene Cove.

The point is named after Kavhan Isbul, a prominent military commander, diplomat, and Regent of Bulgaria during the minorities of Khan Malamir and Khan Presian (9th Century AD).

Location

Isbul Point is located at . British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1993, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. 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

• Isbul Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.