Anastas Ishirkov Explained

Anastas Ishirkov
Birth Date:5 April 1868
Birth Place:Lovech, Ottoman Empire(now Bulgaria)
Death Place:Sofia, Bulgaria
Resting Place:Central Sofia Cemetery
Resting Place Coordinates:42.7121°N 23.3352°W

Academic professor Anastas Todorov Ishirkov (Bulgarian: Анастас Тодоров Иширков; 5 April 1868 – 6 April 1937) was a Bulgarian scientist, geographer and ethnographer. He was the founder of geographical science in Bulgaria and was a member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Honours

Ishirkov Crag on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica is named after Anastas Ishirkov.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137570 Ishirkov Crag