Altsek Nunatak
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Altsek Nunatak (Nunatak Altsek \'nu-na-tak al-'tsek\) is a 170-metre-high (560 ft) rocky hill projecting from the Murgash Glacier on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The peak is named after Khan Altsek, whose Bulgarians settled in Italy in the 7th century AD.
Location
The peak is located at 62°29′41.6″S 59°52′43″W / 62.494889°S 59.87861°WCoordinates: 62°29′41.6″S 59°52′43″W / 62.494889°S 59.87861°W which is 1.96 km northeast of Yovkov Point, 740 m southeast of Lloyd Hill, 970 m east of Kotrag Nunatak, 1.6 km west by north of Tile Ridge and 2.5 km north-northwest of Kaspichan Point.
See also
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.
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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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