Avitohol Point is a point on the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica projecting 1.15 km into Hero Bay to form the west side of the entrance to Skravena Cove and the southeast side of the entrance to Prisoe Cove. It is surmounted by Fletcher Nunatak and Belev Nunatak. The point is named after the legendary Khan Avitohol listed in the 8th Century Nominalia of the Bulgarian Khans, who laid the foundations of the Bulgarian statehood in Europe in 165 AD.

Location

The point is located at -62.565°N, -60.61806°W which is 3 km northeast of Snow Peak, 9.6 km west-southwest of Siddins Point, 10 km south-southeast of Black Point and 14.6 km southeast of Cape Shirreff. The point was mapped by Bulgaria in 2005 and 2009 and is registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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