Bratsigovo Hills

Bratsigovo Hills (Bulgarian: Брациговски хълмове, ‘Bratsigovski Halmove’ \bra-'tsi-gov-ski 'h&l-mo-ve\) is the chain of rocky hills rising to over 400 m[1] on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont and extending from the coast of Prince Gustav Channel 4 km northwards on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The hills are named after the town of Bratsigovo in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Bratsigovo Hills are centred at 63°39′10″S 58°00′00″W, which 3.77 km west of Chernopeev Peak and 6.5 km east-northeast of Levassor Nunatak. 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.

Notes

Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

Bratsigovo Hills. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

Bratsigovo Hills. Copernix satellite image

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

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