Arbanasi Nunatak

Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Arbanasi Nunatak from Half Moon Island.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Arbanasi Nunatak (Nunatak Arbanasi \'nu-na-tak ar-ba-'na-si\) is a 320 m high rocky peak in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica. The peak was named after the settlement and monastery of Arbanasi near the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Tarnovo.

Location

The peak is located at 62°31′40″S 60°03′19.6″W / 62.52778°S 60.055444°W / -62.52778; -60.055444Coordinates: 62°31′40″S 60°03′19.6″W / 62.52778°S 60.055444°W / -62.52778; -60.055444 which is 860 m east by southeast of Sharp Peak, 2 km west of Kubrat Knoll and 2.56 km northwest of Edinburgh Hill.

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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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