Pripek Point
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Pripek Point is the point forming the west side of the entrance to Dimitrov Cove
Dimitrov Cove
Dimitrov Cove is the 6.8 km wide cove indenting for 4.8 km the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is entered between Pripek Point to the west and Biser Point to the east...

 on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula
Velingrad Peninsula
Velingrad Peninsula is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 22.5 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Barilari Bay to the northeast and Holtedahl Bay to the southwest, and separated from Biscoe Islands to the northwest by Grandidier...

 on Graham Coast
Graham Coast
Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....

 in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

, Antarctica.

The point is named after the settlements of Pripek in Northeastern, Southeastern
Pripek, Burgas Province
Pripek, Burgas Province is a village in the municipality of Ruen, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.Pripek Point on Graham Coast in Antarctica is named after the village....

 and Southern Bulgaria, and Dalgi (Long) Pripek in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Pripek Point is located at 65°57′21"S 65°09′13"W, which is 3.65 km north of Tuorda Peak
Tuorda Peak
Tuorda Peak is a peak, 870 m, rising eastward of Ferin Head on Velingrad Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic...

, 3.55 km east by north of Rossa Point
Rossa Point
Rossa Point is a point 2 nautical miles northeast of Ferin Head on Velingrad Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Anders Rossa, a...

 and 6.8 km west-southwest of Biser Point
Biser Point
Biser Point is the narrow rocky point next north of the terminus of Rusalka Glacier and forming the east side of the entrance to Dimitrov Cove on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica....

. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.
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