Piperkov Point

Piperkov Point (Bulgarian: Пиперков нос, ‘Piperkov Nos’ \pi-'per-kov 'nos\) is the rocky northwest entrance point of Krastanov Cove on the southwest coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. The feature is “named after Captain Hristo Piperkov, Director (1988-1991) of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.”[1]

Location of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands

History

A nameless cove on the northwest side of the point hosts the wreckage of a sailing ship, possibly the Stonington, Connecticut sealer Charles Shearer under Captain William Appelman[2] that was lost in the area in late 1877. That cove is designated as a Historic Site and Monument in Antarctica (HSM 74).[3]

Location

Piperkov Point is located at 61°14′12″S 55°21′20″W, which is 9.4 km northwest of Cape Lookout and 2.2 km southeast of Stinker Point. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009.

Maps
Map of Elephant Island

Notes
  1. Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. Carol W. Kimball. The Appelmans of Mystic. Indian & Colonial Research Center Library, 1998
  3. Historic Sites and Monuments: Sailing Vessel Wreckage, Southwest Coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands. Working Paper submitted by the United Kingdom. SATCM XII. The Hague, 2000

References

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


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