Bezenšek Spur

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Bezenšek Spur (Bulgarian: Безеншеков рид, ‘Bezenshekov Rid’ \'be-zen-she-kov 'rid\) is the 5.5 km long and 800 m wide rocky ridge rising to 900 m in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is projecting from the southeast side of Povien Peak eastwards between Marla Glacier and Diplock Glacier.

The feature is named after the Slovene-Bulgarian linguist Anton Bezenšek (1854-1915) who developed the stenographic system for the Bulgarian language.

Location

Bezenšek Spur is centred at 64°01′15″S 58°52′00″W / 64.02083°S 58.86667°W / -64.02083; -58.86667Coordinates: 64°01′15″S 58°52′00″W / 64.02083°S 58.86667°W / -64.02083; -58.86667.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bezenšek Spur. 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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