Bajo Nunatak
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Bajo Nunatak is a conspicuous rocky peak rising to 210 m at the south edge of the ice cap of Robert Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. The nunatak surmounts Zahari Point
to the southeast, Micalvi Cove
to the east-southeast, and English Strait
to the southwest.
The feature was charted and descriptively named by the Chilean Antarctic Expeditions in 1948-50.
, 2.69 km northwest of Edwards Point
, 5.88 km north of Santa Cruz Point
, Greenwich Island
and 6.34 km northeast of Ash Point
, Greenwich Island (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Robert Island (South Shetland Islands)
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Island is located at . Surface area...
in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. The nunatak surmounts Zahari Point
Zahari Point
Zahari Point is an ice-free point on the southwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the northwest side of the entrance to Micalvi Cove. Ice-free surface area...
to the southeast, Micalvi Cove
Micalvi Cove
Micalvi Cove is a 1.9 km wide cove indenting for 1.35 km the southwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica next northwest of Kermen Peninsula, and entered between Edwards Point and Zahari Point. Avren Rocks are situated in the interior of the cove...
to the east-southeast, and English Strait
English Strait
English Strait is the 17 km long and 2 km wide strait lying between Greenwich Island and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Trending southeast-northwest, and entered between Santa Cruz Point and Edwards Point in the south, and Fort William Point and Okol Rocks,...
to the southwest.
The feature was charted and descriptively named by the Chilean Antarctic Expeditions in 1948-50.
Location
The nunatak is located at 62°26′52.3"S 59°32′25"W which is 1.9 km east by south of Beron PointBeron Point
Beron Point is a point on the southwest coast of Robert Island, Antarctica situated 4.5 km southeast of Negra Point, 1.7 km west of Bajo Nunatak, 1.8 km west-northwest of Zahari Point, and 3.7 km northwest of Edwards Point, as well as 5 km northeast of Ash Point on...
, 2.69 km northwest of Edwards Point
Edwards Point
Edwards Point is a rocky point in the south extremity of Kermen Peninsula and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is a southeast entrance point of English Strait and forms the west side of the entrance to Devesil Bight and the southeast side of the entrance to...
, 5.88 km north of Santa Cruz Point
Santa Cruz Point
Santa Cruz Point, also Spencer Bluff, is a rocky point forming the east extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and the southwest side of the entrance to English Strait...
, Greenwich Island
Greenwich Island (South Shetland Islands)
Greenwich Island is an island long and from wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area...
and 6.34 km northeast of Ash Point
Ash Point
Ash Point is a rounded low ice-free point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of...
, Greenwich Island (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4