Amadok Point

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Amadok Point (Nos Amadok \'nos a-ma-'dok\) is a point on the south coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica which projects 400 m into the Bransfield Strait. The point was named after the Thracian King Amadokos, 415-384 BC. It is snow-free in the summer.

Location

Amadok Point is located at 62°40′45″S 60°53′22″W / 62.67917°S 60.88944°W / -62.67917; -60.88944Coordinates: 62°40′45″S 60°53′22″W / 62.67917°S 60.88944°W / -62.67917; -60.88944, which is 2 km northwest of Elephant Point and 1.8 km southeast of Clark Nunatak.

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

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