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Siniger Nunatak ( bg, нунатак Синигер, ‘Nunatak Siniger’ \'nu-na-tak si-'ni-ger\) is the rocky hill rising to 647 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
in the upper course of
Russell East Glacier Russell East Glacier () is a glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which lies at the north end of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula and Verdikal Gap along the south slopes of Erul Heights ...
on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. 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 Siniger in Southern Bulgaria.


Location

Siniger Nunatak is located at , which is 2.97 km northeast of
Morava Peak Morava Peak ( bg, връх Морава, vrah Morava, ) is the peak rising to 966 m in the northeast extremity of Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 1.72 km northeast of Mount Daimler, 4.94 km east of I ...
in
Trakiya Heights The Trakiya Heights ( bg, Тракийски възвишения, ‘Trakiyski Vazvisheniya’ \tra-'kiy-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to (Irakli Peak) on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. The heights are bounded by Russ ...
, 4.65 km east of Mount Canicula, 3.85 km south of Gigen Peak in
Erul Heights Erul Heights ( bg, Ерулски възвишения, ‘Erulski Vazvisheniya’ \e-'rul-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1083 m ( Gigen Peak) on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are bounded by Russell East ...
, and 6.54 km west-southwest of Panhard Nunatak. 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 updated.


Notes


References


Siniger 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 data
in English)


External links


Siniger Nunatak.
Copernix satellite image Nunataks of Trinity Peninsula Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{TrinityPeninsula-geo-stub