Ostrusha Nunatak
Ostrusha Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Оструша, ‘Nunatak Ostrusha’ \'nu-na-tak o-'stru-sha\) is the rocky hill of elevation 841 m[1] projecting from the ice cap in the northeastern periphery of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the Thracian mound of Ostrusha in Southern Bulgaria.
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Map of northern Sentinel Range.
Location
Ostrusha Nunatak is located at 77°26′20″S 85°30′50″W, which is 16.75 km north-northeast of Mount Mogensen in Gromshin Heights, 12.43 km east-northeast of Mount Weems and 5.27 km south-southeast of Bohot Nunatak. US mapping in 1961.
Maps
- Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
- Ostrusha Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Ostrusha Nunatak. Copernix satellite image
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