Vishegrad Knoll
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Vishegrad Knoll (Bulgarian: Вишеградска могила, ‘Vishegradska Mogila’ \'vi-she-grad-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the hill rising to 550 m at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. It is situated 2.21 km south-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.87 km southeast of Obzor Hill and 1.83 km east of Mount Bransfield.
The hill is named after the settlement of Vishegrad in southern Bulgaria.
Location
Vishegrad Knoll is located at 63°16′33″S 57°03′51″W / 63.27583°S 57.06417°WCoordinates: 63°16′33″S 57°03′51″W / 63.27583°S 57.06417°W according to a 1996 German-British mapping.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Vishegrad 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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