ANTARCTIC PLACE-NAMES COMMISSION
Bulgarian place names in Antarctica
are approved by the Antarctic Place-names Commission, and formally given by the
President of the Republic
according to the Bulgarian Constitution
and the established international practice.
The Commission maintains international coordination with
naming authorities of other
Antarctic nations, and with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR). Names given by Bulgaria are
incorporated in the SCAR Composite
Antarctic Gazetteer.
HISTORY
The Antarctic Place-names
Commission was established on 17 November 1994 by the Bulgarian Antarctic
Institute. On 16 November 2001
the Commission was
re-designated as a body affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Bulgaria. Commission
membership evolved over time
as follows:
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2008
– present Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov (Chairman) Dr. Christo
Pimpirev Dr. Zlatko
Dimitroff 2005
– 2008 Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov (Chairman) Dr. Christo
Pimpirev Emilena Popova |
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2001
– 2005 Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov (Chairman) Dr. Christo
Pimpirev Dr. Katya
Todorova 1994
– 2001 Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov (Chairman) Dr. Christo
Pimpirev Dr. Solomon Passy |
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TOPONYMIC GUIDELINES
In 1995 the Commission adopted its
own Toponymic Guidelines defining the relevant types
of geographical features, specific elements of
geographical names, inappropriate
names, criteria of names approval, language and spelling, and names approval
procedures. In particular,
the Guidelines introduced
the Streamlined System for the Romanization of Bulgarian that subsequently
became established in common practice,
was promulgated for official
use in identity documents, Bulgarian geographical names, road signs, street
names, official information systems,
databases, web sites of local
authorities etc., and eventually codified by the Transliteration Law passed in
2009.
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Toponymic Guidelines for
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SURVEYS
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The work of the Commission is
supported by geographical information and mapping resulting from topographic
surveys in Antarctica, including those in the austral summers
of 1994/95, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2003/04 and 2004/05 (scientific Antarctic
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ANTARCTIC MAPS
The
of Livingston Island and Greenwich
Island in 2005 and, jointly with the Military Geographic Service of the
Bulgarian Army, made the first detailed
mapping of
Greenwich, Robert and Snow Islands, and the first topographic map of Smith
Island in 2009.
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St. Kliment
Ohridski Base, Livingston Island. Scale 1:1000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of
Bulgaria, 1996. (in Bulgarian) Image scale:
1 second of latitude = 31 metres. Released
under Creative
Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. |
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Livingston
Island: Central-Eastern Region. Scale 1:25000
topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic
Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996. (in English) Image scale: 1 minute of latitude = 1,858 metres. Released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. |
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Antarctica:
Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names
Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
(in English). Image scale: 1 minute of latitude = 1,858 metres. Map
made by Geototal Ltd. and the
Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria. Presented to Pope Benedict XVI. Released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. |
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Antarctica:
Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation,
2009. (in Bulgarian) ISBN 978-954-92032-4-0 Image scale: 1 minute of latitude = 1,858 metres. Map made by
the Military Geographic Service of the Bulgarian Army and the Antarctic
Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, in collaboration with the Institute of Mathematics and
Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Published on the
occasion of the Fourth International Polar Year (2007-09). Free copies donated to all Bulgarian
schools. Public presentation with President Parvanov taking part. All rights reserved. |
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Antarctica:
Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner
Foundation, 2009.
(in English) ISBN
978-954-92032-6-4 Image scale: 1 minute of latitude = 1,858 metres. Map made by
the Military Geographic Service of the Bulgarian Army and the Antarctic
Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, in collaboration with the Institute of Mathematics and
Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. |
BULGARIAN
ANTARCTIC NAMES
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Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer |
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SCAR Composite Gazetteer of
Antarctica: Search
with a ‘Country of origin’ parameter ‘Bulgaria’ to view all Bulgarian names and
their narratives. |
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CONTACTS Antarctic Place-names Commission 29 Slavyanska Street 1000 Sofia,
Bulgaria apcbg@yahoo.com |
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