Petroff Point
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 11 ′ S , 62 ° 5 ′ W | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters | Hill Bay | |
| length | 1 200 m | |
The Petroff Point (English; Bulgarian Петров нос Petrow nos ) is a 1.2 km long headland on the east coast of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It protrudes 3.85 km northwest of Mitchell Point and 6.8 km southwest of Spallanzani Point into Hill Bay .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2009 after the Bulgarian-US inventor Peter Petroff (1919–2003), who developed the first digital wristwatch .
Web links
- Petroff Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)