Urguri Nunatak

Urguri Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Ургури, ‘Nunatak Urguri’ \'nu-na-tak ur-'gu-ri\) is the rocky hill rising to 560 m in the east foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is overlooking Mott Snowfield to the north.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The nunatak is named after the ancient and medieval fortress of Urguri in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Urguri Nunatak is located at 63°26′28″S 57°34′10″W, which is 2.49 km west by north of Abrit Nunatak, 3.72 km north of Theodolite Hill and 7.5 km south of Fidase Peak. 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


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


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