Hrabar Nunatak (Nunatak Hrabar \'nu-na-tak 'hra-b&r\) is a 160m rocky peak on the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and overlooking Yakoruda Glacier to the south. The peak is "named after the Bulgarian scholar Chernorizets Hrabar (9th Century AD).".[1]
Location edit
The cliff is located at 62°27′10.5″S 59°57′38″W / 62.452917°S 59.96056°W, which is 1.5 km east of Greaves Peak, 1.2 km west of Crutch Peaks, and 1.15 km south of Pavlikeni Point and 3.9 km north of Kerseblept Nunatak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps edit
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Notes edit
References edit
- Hrabar Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Hrabar 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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