Ivan Asen Point

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Ivan Asen Point and the adjacent Ivan Asen Cove surmounted by Mount Foster, from Osmar Strait.
Topographic map of Smith Island and Livingston Island.

Ivan Asen Point (Bulgarian: Нос Иван Асен, ‘Nos Ivan Asen’ \'nos i-'van a-'sen\) is a narrow rocky point projecting 680 m into Osmar Strait from the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It forms the southwest side of the entrance to Ivan Asen Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to Yarebitsa Cove, and separates the glacier termini of Dragoman Glacier to the north and Armira Glacier to the south.

The point is named after Czar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, 1218-1241 AD.

Location

The point is located at 63°01′43″S 62°31′09″W / 63.02861°S 62.51917°W / -63.02861; -62.51917Coordinates: 63°01′43″S 62°31′09″W / 63.02861°S 62.51917°W / -63.02861; -62.51917 which is 12.5 km northeast of Cape James, 20.5 km southwest of Cape Smith, 3.8 km south-southeast of the island’s summit Mount Foster (2105 m), and 3.45 km southeast of Slaveykov Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

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