Spoluka Point

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Spoluka Point (Bulgarian : нос Сполука, ‘Nos Spoluka’ \'nos spo-'lu-ka\) is the ice-covered point on the southwest side of the entrance to Odrin Bay on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. It was formed as a result of the retreat of the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall in the early 21st century. The feature is named after the settlement of Spoluka in Southern Bulgaria.

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Odrin Bay bay

Odrin Cove is the 10 km wide bay indenting for 7 km Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, and entered southwest of Fothergill Point and northeast of Spoluka Point. Its head is fed by Zaychar Glacier, Sinion Glacier, Akaga Glacier and the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall.

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Location

Spoluka Point is located at 64°36′40″S60°21′45″W / 64.61111°S 60.36250°W / -64.61111; -60.36250 Coordinates: 64°36′40″S60°21′45″W / 64.61111°S 60.36250°W / -64.61111; -60.36250 , which is 6.9 km southwest of Fothergill Point and 4.35 km north of Cape Worsley. British mapping in 1978.

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Fothergill Point headland

Fothergill Point is a low rocky coastal point 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Cape Worsley, forming the west side of the entrance to Mundraga Bay and the northeast side of the entrance to Odrin Bay on the Nordenskjöld Coast, on the east side of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Ian L. Fothergill, leader and meteorological assistant at the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey station at Hope Bay, 1959–63.

Cape Worsley

Cape Worsley is a dome-shaped cape 225 m high with snow-free cliffs on the south and east sides, lying 10 nautical miles (18 km) east of the south end of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and named for Commander Frank A. Worsley, British polar explorer and member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expeditions of 1914-16 and 1921-22.

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References

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research organization

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

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.