Dralfa Point
Encyclopedia
Dralfa Point is the point forming the north extremity of Thompson Peninsula
on the northeast coast of Anvers Island
in the Palmer Archipelago
, Antarctica. Situated 20.8 km south-southeast of Cape Bayle
, 10.82 km northwest of Andrews Point
and 13.72 km north-northeast of Studena Point
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The point is named after the settlement of Dralfa in northeastern Bulgaria
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Thompson Peninsula
Thompson Peninsula is a peninsula 3 nautical miles long forming the north side of the entrance to Fournier Bay, on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for John W...
on the northeast coast of Anvers Island
Anvers Island
Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at...
in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
, Antarctica. Situated 20.8 km south-southeast of Cape Bayle
Cape Bayle
Cape Bayle is a cape forming the northeast end of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot and named after Vice Admiral Charles-Jesse Bayle , French Navy....
, 10.82 km northwest of Andrews Point
Andrews Point
Andrews Point is a headland between Hackapike Bay and Inverleith Harbour on the northeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was charted and named in 1927 by DI personnel on the RRS Discovery....
and 13.72 km north-northeast of Studena Point
Studena Point
Studena Point is a rocky point on the north coast of Parker Peninsula in the northeast part of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, projecting 1.4 km northwards into Fournier Bay and separating the termini of Kleptuza Glacier to the west and Altimir Glacier to the east.The...
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The point is named after the settlement of Dralfa in northeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.