Hrabar Nunatak
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Hrabar Nunatak 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).".
, 1.2 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).
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica, and overlooking Yakoruda Glacier
Yakoruda Glacier
Yakoruda Glacier is a glacier on the west slopes of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 3.5 km in north-south direction and 2.5 km in east-west direction. Bounded by Greaves Peak, Hrabar Nunatak and Crutch Peak to the north, Lloyd Hill...
to the south. The peak is "named after the Bulgarian scholar Chernorizets Hrabar
Chernorizets Hrabar
Chernorizets Hrabar was a Bulgarian monk, scholar and writer who worked at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century, developing Medieval Bulgarian literature and spreading Old Church Slavonic.- Name :...
(9th Century AD).".
Location
The cliff is located at 62°27′10.5"S 59°57′38"W which is 1.5 km east of Greaves PeakGreaves Peak
Crutch Peaks is a conspicuous sharp, dark, double-pointed rocky peak rising to 240 m in the northwest of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, 1.2 km west of Crutch Peaks
Crutch Peaks
Crutch Peaks is a dark, rocky ridge extending 900 m in north-south direction and rising to 275 m in the north extremity of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, and 1.15 km south of Pavlikeni Point
Pavlikeni Point
Pavlikeni Point projects 600 m from the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is snow-free in summer...
and 3.9 km north of Kerseblept Nunatak
Kerseblept Nunatak
Kerseblept Nunatak is a rocky hill of elevation 90 m projecting from Yakoruda Glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
(Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05
Tangra 2004/05
The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy...
and mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- 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.
