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