Benkovski Nunatak

Benkovski Nunatak (\ben-'kov-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is a rocky peak of elevation 450 m projecting from the ice cap of Greenwich Island in the northeast extremity of Breznik Heights.

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Benkovski Nunatak from Bransfield Strait, with Parchevich Ridge on the left and Bogdan Ridge on the right.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

The peak was named after Georgi Benkovski (1843–76), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bulgarian independence.

Location

Benkovski Nunatak is located at , which is 920 m west-southwest of Bogdan Ridge, and 690 m north of Parchevich Ridge. Overlooking Gruev Cove to the east. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05.

Maps
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
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References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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