Ilyo Point Explained

Ilyo Point (Bulgarian: нос Ильо, ‘Nos Ilyo’ \'nos 'i-lyo\ is the narrow rocky point projecting 600 m east-northeastwards from the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It forms the south side of the entrance to Smith Cove.

The point is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Ilyo Voyvoda (Iliya Popgeorgiev, 1805-1898).

Location

Ilyo Point is located at -61.1766°N -54.0272°W, which is 4.77 km north of Sugarloaf Island, 1.17 km south of Kakrina Point and 5.45 km south of Cape Lloyd. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

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