Radibosh Point

Location of Whittle Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Radibosh Point (Bulgarian: нос Радибош, ‘Nos Radibosh’ \'nos 'ra-di-bosh\) is the point on the west side of the entrance to Charcot Bay forming the northeast extremity of Whittle Peninsula in the west end of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.8 km east of Cape Kater, 6.08 km northeast of Tarakchiev Point, 12.65 km north-northwest of Nikyup Point and 19.2 km west of Cape Kjellman.

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

Location

Radibosh Point is located at 63°46′12″S 59°47′30″W / 63.77000°S 59.79167°W / -63.77000; -59.79167Coordinates: 63°46′12″S 59°47′30″W / 63.77000°S 59.79167°W / -63.77000; -59.79167. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

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

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

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