Tegra Nunatak ( bg, нунатак Тегра, ‘Nunatak Tegra’ \'nu-na-tak 'te-gra\) is the mostly ice-free rocky ridge extending 2.6 km in east–west direction and 700 m wide, rising to 1075 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
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in northern

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. It surmounts Delius Glacier to the southeast and

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to the north and west. The nunatak was visited on 30 January 1988 by the geological survey team of

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and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (

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). The feature is named after the ancient

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fortress of Tegra in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

The ridge is located at , which is 5 km north-northeast of Nebush Nunatak, 8.1 km southeast of Shaw Nunatak and 9.38 km south by east of Lizard Nunatak.

Maps

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
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

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Tegra Nunatak.
SCAR

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External links

Tegra Nunatak.
Copernix satellite image Nunataks of Alexander Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{AlexanderIsland-geo-stub