Preker Point

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Location of Trinity Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Preker Point (Bulgarian : нос Прекер, ‘Nos Preker’ \'nos 'pre-ker\) is the sharp rocky point forming the north side of the entrance to Saldobisa Cove on the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

Bulgarian language South Slavic language

Bulgarian, is an Indo-European language and a member of the Southern branch of the Slavic language family.

Saldobisa Cove

Saldobisa Cove is the 2.26 km wide cove indenting for 1.62 km the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is entered south of Preker Point and north of Burya Point.

Trinity Island island

Trinity Island or Île de la Trinité or Isla Trinidad is an island 24 km (15 mi) long and 10 km (6 mi) wide in the northern part of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It lies 37 km (23 mi) east of Hoseason Island,72.6 km (45 mi) south of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, and 10.3 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Cape Andreas on the Antarctic Peninsula. The island was named by Otto Nordenskiöld, leader of the 1901-1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SAE) in commemoration of Edward Bransfield's "Trinity Land" of 1820.

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The point is named after Golemiya (Big) Preker Peak in eastern Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Balkan Mountains mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula

The Balkan mountain range is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan range runs 560 km from the Vrashka Chuka Peak on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia eastward through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea. The highest peaks of the Balkan Mountains are in central Bulgaria. The highest peak is Botev at 2,376 m, which makes the mountain range the third highest in the country, after Rila and Pirin. The mountains are the source of the name of the Balkan Peninsula.

Location

Preker Point is located at 63°40′55.7″S60°48′51″W / 63.682139°S 60.81417°W / -63.682139; -60.81417 Coordinates: 63°40′55.7″S60°48′51″W / 63.682139°S 60.81417°W / -63.682139; -60.81417 , which is 2.12 km southwest of Cape Wollaston, the north extremity of the island, and 2.26 km north-northwest of Burya Point. British mapping in 1978.

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Burya Point

Burya Point is the rocky south entrance point of Saldobisa Cove and north entrance point of Olusha Cove, formed by an offshoot of Ketripor Hill on the northwest coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

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References

Antarctic Place-names Commission

The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.


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