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Ichev Nunatak ( bg, Ичев нунатак, \'i-chev 'nu-na-tak\) is the rocky hill rising to 1604 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
in the northwestern periphery of
Nimitz Glacier The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, long and wide, draining the area about west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains ...
in
Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
. It is named after Milan Ichev, geologist and builder at
St. Kliment Ohridski base St. Kliment Ohridski Base ( bg, База Св. Климент Охридски, Baza Sv. Kliment Ohridski, ) is a Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base, originally known as ''Sofia University Refu ...
in 2000-2001 and subsequent seasons.


Location

Ichev Nunatak is located at , which is 4.83 km north of
Mount Klayn Mount Klayn ( bg, връх Клайн, vrah Klayn, ) is the peak rising to 2086 mEreta Peak The Bastien Range () is an Antarctic mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about , flanking the SW side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas W. Bast ...
in
Bastien Range The Bastien Range () is an Antarctic mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about , flanking the SW side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas W. Bast ...
, and 15.42 km west of
Mount Slaughter Mount Slaughter is an ice-free peak, rising to D. Gildea''Mountaineering in Antarctica: Climbing in the Frozen South''.Nevicata, 2010 on a spur trending southwest from Opalchenie Peak on Vinson Plateau, Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountai ...
in
Sentinel Range The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Man ...
.


Maps


Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.


Notes


References


Ichev Nunatak.
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 Gazetteer of Antarctica 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 th ...
.
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


Ichev Nunatak.
Copernix satellite image Ellsworth Mountains Bulgaria and the Antarctic Nunataks of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub