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Royak Point

Coordinates: 64°12′49″S 59°03′36″W / 64.21361°S 59.06000°W / -64.21361; -59.06000
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Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Royak Point (Template:Lang-bg, ‘Nos Royak’ \'nos ro-'yak\) is the rocky point on the northwest coast of Sjögren Inlet in southern Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is formed by the southeast extremity of Aldomir Ridge, as a result of the retreat of Sjögren Glacier and Boydell Glacier in the first decade of 21st century.

The feature is named after the settlement of Royak in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Royak Point is located at 64°12′49″S 59°03′36″W / 64.21361°S 59.06000°W / -64.21361; -59.06000, which is 2.6 km southeast of Vetrovala Peak, 12.2 km west of the headland formed by Mount Wild, and 16.25 km northwest of the south side of the entrance to Sjögren Inlet. SCAR Antarctic Digital Database mapping in 2012.

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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


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