Telerig Nunatak
Telerig Nunatak (Nunatak Telerig \'nu-na-tak te-le-'rig\) is a rocky peak of elevation 170 m projecting from the ice cap of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica in the southwest extremity of Dryanovo Heights.
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Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Telerig Nunatak from Half Moon Island.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
The feature is named after the Bulgarian ruler Khan Telerig, 768-777 AD.
Location
The nunatak is located at 62°29′35″S 59°55′33″W which is 2.07 km northwest of Yovkov Point, 1.9 km west-southwest of Lloyd Hill, 1.67 km south-southeast of Panagyurishte Nunatak and 1.6 km east-southeast of Kerseblept Nunatak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- 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
- Telerig Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Telerig Nunatak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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