Vishegrad Knoll
Vishegrad Knoll (Bulgarian: Вишеградска могила, ‘Vishegradska Mogila’ \'vi-she-grad-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the hill rising to 532 m[1] at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. The feature is named after the settlement of Vishegrad in southern Bulgaria.
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Location
Vishegrad Knoll is located at 63°16′33″S 57°03′51″W, which is 2.21 km south-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.87 km southeast of Obzor Hill and 1.83 km east of Mount Bransfield. 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 upgraded and updated.[1]
Notes
- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Vishegrad knoll. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
- Vishegrad Knoll. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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