Bohot Nunatak (Bulgarian: Бохотски нунатак, ‘Bohotski Nunatak’ \'bo-hot-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is a rocky hill at an elevation of 885 m[1] projecting from the ice cap in the northeastern periphery of Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sentinel-Range-location-map.png/220px-Sentinel-Range-location-map.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg/220px-Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg)
History
editIt is named after the settlement of Bohot in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
editBohot Nunatak is located at 77°23′37″S 85°34′32″W / 77.39361°S 85.57556°W, which is 13.7 km northeast of Mount Weems, 10.93 km east of Pastrogor Peak, 15.96 km southeast of Lanz Peak and 5.27 km north-northwest of Ostrusha Nunatak.
Maps
edit- Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
edit- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
edit- Bohot Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Bohot Nunatak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.