Chipev Nunatak
Chipev Nunatak (Bulgarian: Чипев нунатак, ‘Chipev Nunatak’ \'chi-pev 'nu-na-tak\) is the narrow, rocky hill extending 2.9 km in north-south direction and rising to 850 m[1] on the east side of Edgeworth Glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.
The nunatak is named after Nesho Chipev (b. 1953), biologist at St. Kliment Ohridski base during the 1994/95 and subsequent seasons.
Location
Chipev Nunatak is located at 64°16′34″S 59°46′33″W, which is 3.6 km south of Kopriva Peak, 8.1 km northwest of Dolen Peak, 6,92 km east by north of Trave Peak and 7.36 km southeast of Paramun Buttress.
Map
- 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
- Chipev Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Chipev Nunatak. Adjusted Copernix satellite image
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