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Drenta Bluff ( bg, рид Дрента, rid Drenta, ) is the ice-covered bluff of elevation 1043 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
forming the south extremity of
Louis-Philippe Plateau Louis Philippe Plateau () is a plateau, about long and wide, which rises to and occupies the central part of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Russell West Glacier and Windy Gap. This application of the name, recommended by the UK Antarcti ...
on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the north side of
Benz Pass Benz Pass () is a narrow pass between the cliffs of Drenta Bluff in the southern extremity of Louis Philippe Plateau and Gigen Peak in the northwest part of the Erul Heights, situated northeast of the head of Russell East Glacier, Trinity Peninsu ...
, surmounting
Verdikal Gap Verdikal Gap ( bg, Вердикалска седловина, ‘Verdikalska Sedlovina’ \ver-di-'kal-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the flat ice-covered saddle with an elevation of 801 mCugnot Ice Piedmont to the east-northeast. The bluff is named after the settlement of Drenta in Northern Bulgaria.


Location

Drenta Bluff is located at , which is 1.64 km north by west of Gigen Peak, 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev and 6.62 km southwest of
Smin Peak Smin Peak ( bg, връх Смин, vrah Smin, ) is a partly ice-free peak rising to 866 mTrinity 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 updated.


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References


Drenta Bluff.
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 data
in English)


External links


Drenta Bluff.
Copernix satellite image Cliffs of Graham Land Landforms of Trinity Peninsula Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{TrinityPeninsula-geo-stub