Abrit Nunatak ( bg, нунатак Абрит, nunatak Abrit, ) is the rocky hill rising to 556 m
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 east of
Laclavère Plateau
Laclavère Plateau () is a plateau, long and from wide, rising to between Misty Pass and Theodolite Hill, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. The plateau rises south of Schmidt Peninsula and the Chilean scientific station, Base General Bernardo O' ...
on
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...
in
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that 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 ...
,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. It is overlooking
Mott Snowfield
Mott Snowfield () is a snowfield in the northeast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Laclavère Plateau and Antarctic Sound. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Peter G. Mott, leader of the Falkland Islands and Depend ...
to the north and
Retizhe Cove
Retizhe Cove ( bg, залив Ретиже, ‘Zaliv Retizhe’ \'za-liv re-ti-'zhe\) is the 5.8 km wide cove indenting for 6.2 km on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. Part of Duse Bay, entered between Boil Point ...
to the southeast.
The
nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
is named after the settlement of
Abrit
Abrit (historical name: ''Aptaat'') is a village in Krushari Municipality, Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria.
Abrit Nunatak on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.
The village has a population of 205 inhabitants, out ...
in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Abrit Nunatak is located at , which is 4.47 km northeast of
Theodolite Hill, 2.49 km east by south of
Urguri Nunatak, 8.2 km south by east of
Fidase Peak and 4.83 km southwest of
Camel Nunataks. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
Trinity Peninsula.Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes
References
Abrit Nunatak.SCAR
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Abrit Nunatak.Copernix satellite image
{{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place
Nunataks of Trinity Peninsula
Bulgaria and the Antarctic