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.
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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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