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Provadiya Hook (Bulgarian: Провадийска коса, romanizedProvadiyska Kosa, IPA: [provɐˈdijskɐ koˈsa]) is a gravel barrier spit separating the inner Yankee HarbourinGreenwich Island, Antarctica from the outer Shopski Cove and McFarlane Strait. Boomerang-shaped, extending 700 m northwestward from the southwest extremity of Oborishte Ridge to a point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Shopski Cove, and named Provadiya Point in association, then extending 500 m northwards to end up in Spit Point, the latter forming the south side of the entrance to Yankee Harbour. British mapping in 1968. Named after the town of ProvadiyainNortheastern Bulgaria.

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Provadiya Hook from Shopski Cove, with Oborishte Ridge in the background.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

62°31′47S 59°47′28W / 62.52972°S 59.79111°W / -62.52972; -59.79111

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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