Rudozem Heights

Rudozem Heights (Bulgarian: Рудоземски възвишения, ‘Rudozemski Vazvisheniya’ \ru-do-'zem-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1500 m (Glavinitsa Peak) at the base and in the interior of German Peninsula on Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, extending 18.5 km in northeast-southwest direction and 13.7 km in east-west direction. The heights are bounded by Bourgeois Fjord to the north and west, Dogs Leg Fjord to the south, and to the east by a glacier draining both northwards into Bourgeois Fjord and southwards into Dogs Leg Fjord.

Location of German Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

The heights are named after the town of Rudozem in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Rudozem Heights are centred at 67°39′00″S 66°42′00″W. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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References

Rudozem Heights. Adjusted Copernix satellite image


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


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