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Ilyo Point (Bulgarian: нос Ильо, ‘Nos Ilyo’ \'nos 'i-lyo\ is the narrow rocky point projecting 600 m east-northeastwards from the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It forms the south side of the entrance to Smith Cove.
The point is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Ilyo Voyvoda (Iliya Popgeorgiev, 1805-1898).
Location
Ilyo Point is located at 61°10′35.7″S 54°01′38″W, which is 4.77 km north of Sugarloaf Island, 1.17 km south of Kakrina Point and 5.45 km south of Cape Lloyd. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
Maps
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Ilyo Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
External links
Ilyo Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.