Dralfa Point
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Coordinates | 64 ° 27 ′ S , 63 ° 5 ′ W | |
location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
Waters | Fournier Bay | |
Waters 2 | Patagonia Bay |
The Dralfa Point (English; Bulgarian нос Дралфа nos Dralfa ) is a headland of the Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the northern branch of the Thompson Peninsula on the south side of the entrance to Patagonia Bay or on the north side of the entrance to Fournier Bay and is located 26 km south-southeast of Cape Greenland , 7.07 km south to east of the Gourdon Peninsula and 18 , 6 km northwest of Ryswyck Point .
British scientists mapped it in 1980. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Dralfa in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Dralfa Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)