Piperkov Point
Piperkov Point (, ‘Piperkov Nos’ \pi-'per-kov 'nos\) is the rocky northwest entrance point of Krastanov Cove on the southwest coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. The feature is “named after Captain Hristo Piperkov, Director (1988-1991) of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.” History. A nameless cove  on the northwest side of the point hosts the wreckage of a sailing ship, possibly the Stonington, Connecticut sealer "Charles Shearer" under Captain William Appelman that was lost in the area in late 1877. That cove is designated as a Historic Site and Monument in Antarctica (HSM 74). Location. Piperkov Point is located at , which is 9.4 km northwest of Cape Lookout and 2.2 km southeast of Stinker Point. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009.