Prilep Knoll

Prilep Knoll (Bulgarian: Прилепска могила, ‘Prilepska Mogila’ \'pri-lep-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 713 m[1] at the south entrance to Misty Pass, on the west side of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Broad Valley to the southeast.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The knoll is named after the settlement of Prilep in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Prilep Knoll is located at 63°29′15″S 57°58′45″W, which is 2.39 km east of Morro del Paso Peak, 1.41 km south by west of Dabnik Peak, 10.08 km west of Kanitz Nunatak and 6.72 km north of Yarlovo 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). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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

References


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


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