Kyulevcha Nunatak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Kyulevcha Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Кюлевча, ‘Nunatak Kyulevcha’ \'nu-na-tak kyu-'lev-cha\) is the rocky, partly ice-free ridge extending 4.17 km in northwest-southeast direction, 1.2 km wide, and rising to 1500 m between the upper courses of Fleece Glacier and Leppard Glacier on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. The feature is named after the settlement of Kyulevcha in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Kyulevcha Nunatak is located at 65°57′45″S 63°30′33″W / 65.96250°S 63.50917°W / -65.96250; -63.50917Coordinates: 65°57′45″S 63°30′33″W / 65.96250°S 63.50917°W / -65.96250; -63.50917, which is 5.9 km west-southwest of Moider Peak, 10.65 km west-northwest of Mount Lagado, and 37 km east of Mount Dewey on Graham Coast. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Kyulevcha Nunatak. 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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