Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Huma Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Хума, ‘Nunatak Huma’ \'nu-na-tak 'hu-ma\) is the rocky hill rising to 776 m[1] in the west part of Zavera Snowfield, in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
The nunatak is named after the settlement of Huma in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Huma Nunatak is located at 64°06′48″S 59°00′19″W / 64.11333°S 59.00528°W, which is 2.73 km south of Petkov Nunatak, 13.18 km northwest of Mount Wild, 4.64 km east-northeast of the summit of Kopito Ridge and 6.69 km east-southeast of Lobosh Buttress.
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes
- ↑ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
- Huma Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Huma Nunatak. Copernix satellite image
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