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Dymcoff Crag ( bg, Димков камък, ‘Dymcoff Kamak’ \'dim-kov 'ka-m&k\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1360 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
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Lovech Heights Lovech Heights ( bg, Ловешки възвишения, ‘Loveshki Vazvisheniya’ \'lo-vesh-ki v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1634 m (Mount Moriya) on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are extending 15.5  ...
on
Nordenskjöld Coast The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast ...
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 ...
. It surmounts
Rogosh Glacier Rogosh Glacier ( bg, ледник Рогош, lednik Rogosh, ) is the 29 km long and 5 km wide glacier on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica situated east of Brenitsa Glacier, south of Drygalski Glacier, and southwest of Zlokuch ...
to the west and south. The feature is named after the Bulgarian engineer Nicolas Dymcoff (1861-1937), whose project ‘''Étoile de la Concorde''’ published in 1917 envisaged the establishment of a world organization for the preservation of peace and fostering cooperation among nations.


Location

Dymcoff Crag is located at , which is 4 km southwest of
Mount Persenk Mount Persenk ( bg, връх Персенк, vrah Persenk, ) is the rounded, ice-covered peak rising to 1603 mSkilly Peak Skilly Peak () is a conspicuous rock peak northeast of Shiver Point and northeast of Eduard Nunatak on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It surmounts Rogosh Glacier to the north and Artanes Bay to the southeast. The peak was surveyed ...
, and 6.9 km east of Kumanovo Peak in Ivanili Heights.
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
mapping in 1978.


Maps

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.


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References


Dymcoff Crag.
SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ...
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 ...
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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


Dymcoff Crag.
Copernix satellite image Mountains of Graham Land Oscar II Coast Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{OscarIICoast-geo-stub