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Gaydarov Point

Coordinates: 61°04′51.8″S 54°27′38″W / 61.081056°S 54.46056°W / -61.081056; -54.46056
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Cornwallis Island
Location of Cornwallis Island in the South Shetland Islands

Gaydarov Point (Bulgarian: Гайдаров нос, ‘Gaydarov Nos’ \gay-'da-rov 'nos\) is the rocky point forming the south extremity of Cornwallis Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is “named after Captain Kostadin Gaydarov (1933-2019), Director (1983-1986) 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]

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Gaydarov Point is located at 61°04′51.8″S 54°27′38″W / 61.081056°S 54.46056°W / -61.081056; -54.46056, which is 10.5 km east-northeast of Cape Valentine on Elephant Island and 21.25 km northwest of Humble Point on Clarence Island. British mapping in 1822, 1972 and 2009.

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