Urguri Nunatak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Urguri Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Ургури, ‘Nunatak Urguri’ \'nu-na-tak ur-'gu-ri\) is the rocky hill rising to 560 m in the east foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is overlooking Mott Snowfield to the north.

The nunatak is named after the ancient and medieval fortress of Urguri in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Urguri Nunatak is located at 63°26′28″S 57°34′10″W / 63.44111°S 57.56944°W / -63.44111; -57.56944Coordinates: 63°26′28″S 57°34′10″W / 63.44111°S 57.56944°W / -63.44111; -57.56944, which is 2.49 km west by north of Abrit Nunatak, 3.72 km north of Theodolite Hill and 7.5 km south of Fidase Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

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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