Altsek Nunatak
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Altsek Nunatak is a 170 metres (557.7 ft) rocky hill projecting from the Murgash Glacier
on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The peak is named after Khan Altsek, whose Bulgarians
settled in Italy
in the 7th century AD.
, 740 m southeast of Lloyd Hill
, 970 m east of Kotrag Nunatak
, 1.6 km west by north of Tile Ridge
and 2.5 km north-northwest of Kaspichan Point
.
Murgash Glacier
Murgash Glacier is the 3.4 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier situated east and southeast of Lloyd Hill, west of Tile Ridge and northwest of Hebrizelm Hill on Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The peak is named after Khan Altsek, whose Bulgarians
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
settled in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
in the 7th century AD.
Location
The peak is located at 62°29′41.6"S 59°52′43"W which is 1.96 km northeast of Yovkov PointYovkov Point
Yovkov Point is a point on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica projecting 150 m southwards into McFarlane Strait, forming the northwest side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove. Formed as a result of Murgash Glacier's retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century...
, 740 m southeast of Lloyd Hill
Lloyd Hill
Lloyd Hill is an ice-covered hill rising to 335 m in the southwest of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, 970 m east of Kotrag Nunatak
Kotrag Nunatak
Kotrag Nunatak is a conspicuous rocky peak of elevation 290 m projecting from Murgash Glacier, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, 1.6 km west by north of Tile Ridge
Tile Ridge
Tile Ridge is a partly ice-free ridge of elevation 240 m in Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....
and 2.5 km north-northwest of Kaspichan Point
Kaspichan Point
Kaspichan Point is a point on the southeast side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated next west of Hebrizelm Hill, 1.4 km northwest of Triangle Point, 2 km south-southwest of Tile Ridge, and 2 km southeast of Yovkov Point...
.
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
