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Milkov Point


Milkov Point (Bulgarian: Милков нос, ‘Milkov Nos’ \'mil-kov 'nos\) is a conspicuous rocky point on the east side of Lanchester Bay formed by an offshoot of Chanute Peak on Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 11.5 km east of Havilland Point and 8.5 km south-southwest of Wennersgaard Point.

The point is named for the Bulgarian pioneer of aviation Radul Milkov (1883–1962) who, while on a combat air mission with Prodan Tarakchiev during the First Balkan War, used the first aerial bombs on October 16, 1912.

Milkov Point is located at 63°55′07″S 59°59′29″W / 63.91861°S 59.99139°W / -63.91861; -59.99139Coordinates: 63°55′07″S 59°59′29″W / 63.91861°S 59.99139°W / -63.91861; -59.99139. German-British mapping in 1996.


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