Baley Nunatak
Baley Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Балей, ‘Nunatak Baley’ \'nu-na-tak ba-'ley\) is the rocky hill rising to 632 m[1] in the southeast foothills of Mancho Buttress on the north side of Aitkenhead Glacier, on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
The nunatak is named after the settlement of Baley in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Baley Nunatak is located at 63°56′59″S 58°47′43″W, which is 4.8 km northwest of Hitar Petar Nunatak, 6 km north-northwest of Mount Roberts and 11 km southwest of Mount Bradley. 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), 1993–2016.
References
- Baley Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Notes
- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
External links
- Baley 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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