Gomotartsi Knoll

Location of Stresher Peninsula on Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Gomotartsi Knoll (Bulgarian: Гомотарска могила, ‘Gomotarska Mogila’ \go-mo-'tar-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the rocky, mostly ice-covered peak of elevation 900 m in the south part of Widmark Ice Piedmont on Stresher Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is named after the settlement of Gomotartsi in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Gomotartsi Knoll is located at 66°20′36″S 65°30′10″W / 66.34333°S 65.50278°W / -66.34333; -65.50278Coordinates: 66°20′36″S 65°30′10″W / 66.34333°S 65.50278°W / -66.34333; -65.50278, which is 17.7 km east-southeast of Cape Bellue, 6.3 km west-southwest of Rugg Peak and 7.78 km northwest of Mount Lyttleton. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

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

References

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