# Bov Point

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**Bov Point** (, ‘Nos Bov’ \'nos 'bov\) is the ice-covered point on the south side of the entrance to [Kayak Bay](/source/Kayak_Bay) on the east coast of [Brabant Island](/source/Brabant_Island) in the [Palmer Archipelago](/source/Palmer_Archipelago), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica).

The point is named after the settlement of [Bov](/source/Bov,_Bulgaria) in [Western Bulgaria](/source/Western_Bulgaria).

## Location

Bov Point is located at [64°17′07.3″S 62°09′14″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=64_17_07.3_S_62_09_14_W), which is 9.36 km southwest of [Mitchell Point](/source/Mitchell_Point_(Antarctica)), 2.7 km west of [Hvarchil Point](/source/Hvarchil_Point) on [Lecointe Island](/source/Lecointe_Island), 3.35 km north-northeast of [Momino Point](/source/Momino_Point), and 2.7 km east-southeast of [Podem Peak](/source/Podem_Peak) whose offshoot forms the point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

## Maps

- [Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).](http://www.add.scar.org) Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- [British Antarctic Territory.](https://web.archive.org/web/20141209160123/https://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3217) Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- [Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.](https://web.archive.org/web/20170703122914/https://data.aad.gov.au/database/mapcat/british/brabant_argentine_is_BAS_map13489.jpg) Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

## References

- [Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.](http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf) [Antarctic Place-names Commission](/source/Antarctic_Place-names_Commission). (details in Bulgarian, [basic data](http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf) in English)
- [Bov Point.](https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137950) SCAR [Composite Antarctic Gazetteer](/source/Composite_Antarctic_Gazetteer).

## External links

- [Bov Point.](https://copernix.io/#?where=-62.16539031225585,-64.28402029082179,14&?query=&?map_type=hybrid) Copernix satellite image

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