Abrit Nunatak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Abrit Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Абрит, ‘Nunatak Abrit’ \'nu-na-tak a-'brit\) is the rocky hill rising to over 400 m east of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is overlooking Mott Snowfield to the north and Retizhe Cove to the southeast.

The nunatak is named after the settlement of Abrit in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Abrit Nunatak is located at 63°26′46″S 57°31′10″W / 63.44611°S 57.51944°W / -63.44611; -57.51944Coordinates: 63°26′46″S 57°31′10″W / 63.44611°S 57.51944°W / -63.44611; -57.51944, which is 4.47 km northeast of Theodolite Hill, 2.49 km east by south of Urguri Nunatak, 8.2 km south by east of Fidase Peak and 4.83 km southwest of Camel Nunataks. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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