Abrit Nunatak
Location of Trinity Peninsula
Highest point
Coordinates63°26′46″S 57°31′10″W / 63.44611°S 57.51944°W / -63.44611; -57.51944
Geography
LocationTrinity Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica

Abrit Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Абрит, romanized: nunatak Abrit, IPA: [ˈnunɐtɐk ɐˈbrit]) is the rocky hill rising to 556 m[1] east of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is overlooking Mott Snowfield to the north and Retizhe Cove to the southeast.

The nunatak is named after the settlement of Abrit in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Abrit Nunatak is located at 63°26′46″S 57°31′10″W / 63.44611°S 57.51944°W / -63.44611; -57.51944, which is 4.47 km northeast of Theodolite Hill, 2.49 km east by south of Urguri Nunatak, 8.2 km south by east of Fidase Peak and 4.83 km southwest of Camel Nunataks. 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.

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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