Siniger Nunatak
Siniger Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Синигер, ‘Nunatak Siniger’ \'nu-na-tak si-'ni-ger\) is the rocky hill rising to 647 m[1] in the upper course of Russell East Glacier on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
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Location of Trinity Peninsula.
The nunatak is named after the settlement of Siniger in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Siniger Nunatak is located at 63°43′23″S 58°25′12″W, which is 2.97 km northeast of Morava Peak in Trakiya Heights, 4.65 km east of Mount Canicula, 3.85 km south of Gigen Peak in Erul Heights, and 6.54 km west-southwest of Panhard 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
- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
- Siniger Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Siniger 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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