Chuypetlovo Knoll

Location of Foyn Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Chuypetlovo Knoll (Bulgarian: Чуйпетловска могила, ‘Chuypetlovska Mogila’ \chuy-pe-'tlov-ska mo-'gi-labi-gla\) is the conspicuous rocky ridge in Beaglehole Glacier extending 3.7 km in southeast-northwest direction, 1.9 km wide and rising to 700 m southwest of Bigla Ridge on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

The feature is named after the settlement of Chuypetlovo in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Chuypetlovo Knoll is located at 66°33′14″S 64°05′26″W / 66.55389°S 64.09056°W / -66.55389; -64.09056Coordinates: 66°33′14″S 64°05′26″W / 66.55389°S 64.09056°W / -66.55389; -64.09056, which is 5.05 km southeast of Stancheva Peak, 6.87 km southwest of Mount Mecheva, 6.9 km west of Biolchev Peak and 8.62 km north of Varad Point. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Chuypetlovo Knoll. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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

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