Tipits Knoll
Tipits Knoll (Bulgarian: Типицка могила, ‘Tipitska Mogila’ \'ti-pits-ka mo-'gi-la\) is the mostly ice-covered ridge extending 800 m in north-south direction and 470 m wide, rising to 1000 m and forming the south extremity of Sofia University Mountains in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The knoll surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the southeast. It was visited on 2 February 1988 by the geological survey team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (British Antarctic Survey).
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The feature is named after Tipits Peak in Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria.
Location
Tipits Knoll is located at 69°32′09″S 71°19′56″W, which is 3.12 km southeast of Mount Kliment Ohridski, 7.33 km southwest of Vola Ridge, 4.23 km west-northwest of Shaw Nunatak and 8.22 km northeast of Mount Devol in Lassus Mountains. British mapping in 1971.
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
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Tipits Knoll. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
- Tipits Knoll. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.