Amadok Point
Encyclopedia
Amadok Point is a point on the south coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica which projects 400 m into the Bransfield Strait
. The point was named after the Thracian
King Amadokos, 415-384 BC. It is snow-free in the summer.
and 1.8 km southeast of Clark Nunatak
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Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...
. The point was named after the Thracian
Thracians
The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...
King Amadokos, 415-384 BC. It is snow-free in the summer.
Location
Amadok Point is located at 62°40′45"S 60°53′22"W, which is 2 km northwest of Elephant PointElephant Point
Elephant Point is a small predominantly ice-free promontory projecting 2 km into Bransfield Strait at the south extremity of the west half of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point forms the southwest side of the entrance to Kavarna Cove, and is surmounted by...
and 1.8 km southeast of Clark Nunatak
Clark Nunatak
Clark Nunatak is a rocky peak rising to 147 m at the southwest edge of the ice cap of Rotch Dome in western Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica near the south extremity of Urvich Wall....
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See also
- Livingston IslandLivingston Island (South Shetland Islands)Livingston Island is an Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica lying between Greenwich Island and Snow Islands...
- List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
- Antarctic Place-names CommissionAntarctic Place-names CommissionThe Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in Antarctica, which are formally given by the President of the...
Map
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
