Karposh Point is the ice-free point on the north coast of Snow Island

Snow Island (South Shetland Islands)

Snow Island or Isla Nevada is a completely ice-covered island, in size, lying southwest of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...

 in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica. It is projecting 500 m into Morton Strait

Morton Strait

Morton Strait is the 9 km long and 6.2 km wide strait between Snow Island on the southwest and Rugged and Livingston Islands on the northeast, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

, and is situated 2.3 km west of the extreme northeast point of President Head

President Head

President Head is a headland forming the east extremity of Snow Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 2.6 km in east-northeast direction, rising to 107 m at St. Sofroniy Knoll. Adjacent ice-free area ca. ....

, 2.5 km east-southeast of Gostun Point

Gostun Point

Gostun Point is the ice-free point on the north coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated 2.4 km west-northwest of Karposh Point, and 2.45 km east-southeast of Cape Timblón....

, and 4.8 km east-southeast of Cape Timblón

Cape Timblón

Cape Timblón is the conspicuous rocky cape forming the north extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is a northwest entrance point for Morton Strait...

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The point is named after Karposh

Karposh's Rebellion

Karposh’s Rebellion or Karposh’s Uprising is a name used for a Christian anti-Ottoman uprising in the Central Balkans that took place in 1689.-Prelude:...

, leader of the Bulgarian

Bulgarians

The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...

uprising of 1689 AD.

Location

Karposh Point is located at 62°43′23"S 61°15′00"W. British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009.

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4