Kanitz Nunatak
Kanitz Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Каниц, ‘Nunatak Kanitz’ \'nu-na-tak 'ka-nits\) is the rocky peak rising to over 600 m in the southern foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 8.43 km south of Ami Boué Peak, 9.81 km east-southeast of Dabnik Peak, 6.15 km north of Cain Nunatak and 9.84 km west by south of Theodolite Hill. Overlooking Broad Valley to the south.
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The peak is named after the settlement of Kanitz in northwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the Austro-Hungarian geographer and ethnographer Felix Kanitz (1829–1904).
Location
Kanitz Nunatak is located at 63°29′33″S 57°46′41″W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kanitz Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
- Kanitz Nunatak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.