Radko Knoll

Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Radko Knoll (Bulgarian: Радкова Могила, ‘Radkova Mogila’ \'rad-ko-va mo-'gi-la\) is a rocky hill rising to 102 m on the north coast of Smyadovo Cove in the northwest of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated 830 m south-southeast of Cape Sheffield and 860 m north-northeast of Ugain Point.

The knoll is named for Ivan ‘Radko’ Mihaylov (1896–1990), leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Macedonia.

Location

Radko Knoll is located at 62°37′14.7″S 61°17′30.8″W / 62.620750°S 61.291889°W / -62.620750; -61.291889Coordinates: 62°37′14.7″S 61°17′30.8″W / 62.620750°S 61.291889°W / -62.620750; -61.291889. Spanish mapping in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2009.

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References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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