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Kudoglu Point (Bulgarian: нос Кудоглу, ‘Nos Kudoglu’ \'nos 'ku-do-glu\) is the sharp and low ice-free point projecting 150 m from the west side of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula northwestwards into Barclay Bay, Livingston Island in Antarctica. It is named after the Bulgarian merchant and dedicated philanthropist Dimitar Kudoglu (1862-1940).
Location
Kudoglu Point is located at 62°30′38″S 60°49′40″W, which is 800 m northeast of Dreyfus Point and 2.28 km south of Mercury Bluff. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.
Maps
L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 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)
Kudoglu Point. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
Kudoglu Point. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
