Frolosh Point

Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Frolosh Point (Bulgarian: нос Фролош, ‘Nos Frolosh’ \'nos 'fro-losh\) is the point forming the north side of the entrance to Galata Cove on the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

The point is named after the settlement of Frolosh in western Bulgaria.

Location

Frolosh Point is located at 64°18′45″S 63°09′10″W / 64.31250°S 63.15278°W / -64.31250; -63.15278Coordinates: 64°18′45″S 63°09′10″W / 64.31250°S 63.15278°W / -64.31250; -63.15278, which is 1.93 km north of Deliradev Point, 4.1 km south-southeast of Cape Bayle and 7 km west of Lambda Island in the Melchior Islands. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Frolosh Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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

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