Skoparnik Bluff
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Skoparnik Bluff is the partly ice-free bluff rising to over 700 m in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau is a major interior plateau of Graham Land, with heights between 1,500 and 1,800 m. Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau. The plateau was observed from the air by...

 on Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...

 in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

, Antarctica. It is surmounting Victory Glacier
Victory Glacier
Victory Glacier is a gently sloping glacier, 8 nautical miles long, flowing east-southeast from the north end of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula to Prince Gustav Channel immediately north of Pitt Point. Bounded by Trakiya Heights to the north and Kondofrey Heights to the south...

 to the southeast.

The feature is named after Skoparnik Peak
Skoparnik
Skoparnik is the third highest peak of Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria. Rising to 2,226 m, the peak is situated 1.5 km south of Golyam Rezen Peak , and 2 km southeast of the summit Cherni Vrah...

 on Vitosha Mountain
Vitosha
Vitosha is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the tourists symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Convenient bus lines and rope ways render the mountain easily accessible. Vitosha has the outlines of an enormous...

 in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Skoparnik Bluff is located at 63°46′08"S 58°40′26"W, which is 3.56 km south of Mount Schuyler
Mount Schuyler
Mount Schuyler is the peak rising to 1435 m off the northeast extremity of Detroit Plateau in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Victory Glacier to the southeast...

, 4.88 km southwest of Antonov Peak
Antonov Peak
Antonov Peak is the peak rising to over 1300 m in the northwest part of Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 4.45 km east of Mount Schuyler, 4.25 km southeast of Sirius Knoll, 4.9 km west by north of Mount Daimler, and 8.23 km north of Skakavitsa Peak in Kondofrey...

 and 6.83 km west of Bozveli Peak
Bozveli Peak
Bozveli Peak is the peak rising to 1256 m in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 3.78 km southeast of Antonov Peak, 2.7 km southwest of Mount Daimler, and 6.45 km north-northeast of Skakavitsa Peak in Kondofrey Heights...

 in Trakiya Heights
Trakiya Heights
Trakiya Heights are the heights rising to 1336 m on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Russell West Glacier to the north, Srem Gap and Russell East Glacier to the northeast, Victory Glacier to the southwest and Zlidol Gate to the northwest. Surmounting Prince Gustav Channel,...

, and 6.89 km northwest of Bezbog Peak
Bezbog Peak, Antarctica
Bezbog Peak is the rocky peak rising to 950 m in the north extremity of Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Victory Glacier to the north and east....

 and 7.08 km north-northwest of Gurgulyat Peak
Gurgulyat Peak
Gurgulyat Peak is the peak rising to 1050 m in Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.08 km southwest of Skakavitsa Peak, 4 km west by north of Mount Reece and 10.6 km south of Mount Schuyler. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the north.The peak is named after the...

 in Kondofrey Heights
Kondofrey Heights
Kondofrey Heights are the heights rising to 1119 m on the southeast side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated east of Detroit Plateau, south of Victory Glacier and west of Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea. Linked to Detroit Plateau by Podgumer Col...

, and 11.52 km east-northeast of Bendida Peak
Bendida Peak
Bendida Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 1200 m in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...

. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
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