Sparadok Point
Sparadok Point is a sharp ice-free point projecting 200 m from the coast of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with a shingle spit extending further 300 m northwards into Barclay Bay. It is surmounted by Tsamblak Hill. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The point is named after the Thracian King Sparadok, 445-435 BC.
Location
Sparadok Point is located at, which is 1.58 km southwest of Nedelya Point and 2.23 km southeast of Lair Point. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2005, 2009 and 2017.Maps
- Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.