Panagyurishte Nunatak
Panagyurishte Nunatak (Nunatak Panagyurishte \'nu-na-tak pa-na-'gyu-ri-shte\) is a rocky peak of elevation 150 m projecting from Yakoruda Glacier, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is named after the town of Panagyurishte in central Bulgaria.
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Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Panagyurishte Nunatak (on the opposite coast of McFarlane Strait, in the background) from Melnik Peak, Livingston Island.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Location
Panagyurishte Nunatak is located at 62°28′44″S 59°56′12″W, which is 2.8 km south of Crutch Peaks, 3.4 km west-southwest of Sevtopolis Peak, and 1.38 km northeast of Kerseblept Nunatak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
External links
- Panagyurishte Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Panagyurishte Nunatak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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