Kovil Nunatak

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Map of northern Sentinel Range.

Kovil Nunatak (Bulgarian: Ковилски нунатак, ‘Kovilski Nunatak’ \'ko-vil-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is the rock-tipped hill of elevation 2020 m projecting from the ice cap west of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the settlement of Kovil in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Kovil Nunatak is located at 78°02′20.3″S 87°02′59″W / 78.038972°S 87.04972°W / -78.038972; -87.04972Coordinates: 78°02′20.3″S 87°02′59″W / 78.038972°S 87.04972°W / -78.038972; -87.04972, which is 24.93 km west of Mount Goldthwait, 12.68 km northwest of Mount Hubley and 15.46 km southeast of Helfert Nunatak. US mapping in 1961.

Maps

Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Kovil Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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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