Ivan Alexander Point is the low rocky point on the southeast coast of Nelson Island

Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands)

Nelson Island is an island long and wide, lying southwest of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Nelson Island is located at...

 in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica, situated 7.34 km east of Ross Point

Ross Point

Ross Point is a point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Varvara Cove on the southwest side of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, situated 7.85 km southeast of Harmony Point. The point was charted by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.-References:* ....

, 8.64 km west-southwest of Duthoit Point

Duthoit Point

Duthoit Point is a point which forms the east tip of Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The point appears on charts dating back to 1822. It was recharted by DI, 1934–35, and named after Arthur Duthoit, a draftsman in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time.-References:* ....

, 4.17 km west-southwest of Slavotin Point

Slavotin Point

Slavotin Point is the low rocky point on the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated 4.47 km west-southwest of Duthoit Point, 4.17 km east-northeast of Ivan Alexander Point and 11.31 km east by north of Ross Point.The point is named after...

 and 1.73 km north-northeast of Grace Rock

Grace Rock

Grace Rock is a rock lying 1.73 km off the southeast coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after the British sealing vessel Grace from Plymouth, which visited the South Shetland Islands in...

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The point is named after Czar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

Ivan Alexander , also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371, during the Second Bulgarian Empire. The date of his birth is unknown. He died on February 17, 1371. The long reign of Ivan Alexander is considered a transitional period in Bulgarian medieval history...

, 1331-1371.

Location

Ivan Alexander Point is located at 62°20′38.6"S 58°58′51"W. British mapping in 1968.

Map

• South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.