Drenta Bluff
Encyclopedia
Drenta Bluff is the ice-covered bluff of elevation 1076 m forming the south extremity of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. It is situated on the north side of Benz Pass
, surmounting Verdikal Gap
to the west and Cugnot Ice Piedmont
to the east-northeast.
The bluff is named after the settlement of Drenta in Northern Bulgaria
.
, 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev
and 6.62 km southwest of Smin Peak
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. It is situated on the north side of Benz Pass
Benz Pass
Benz Pass is a narrow pass between the cliffs of Drenta Bluff in the south extremity of Louis Philippe Plateau and Gigen Peak in the northwest part of Erul Heights, situated northeast of the head of Russell East Glacier, Trinity Peninsula...
, surmounting Verdikal Gap
Verdikal Gap
Verdikal Gap is the flat ice-covered saddle of elevation over 750 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, part of the ice divide between Bransfield Strait and Prince Gustav Channel...
to the west and Cugnot Ice Piedmont
Cugnot Ice Piedmont
Cugnot Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont in Trinity Peninsula, about 15 nautical miles long and between 3 and 6 nautical miles wide, extending from Russell East Glacier to Eyrie Bay and bounded on the landward side by Louis Philippe Plateau. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands...
to the east-northeast.
The bluff is named after the settlement of Drenta in Northern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
.
Location
Drenta Bluff is located at 63°40′27"S 58°25′15"W, which is 1.64 km north by west of Gigen PeakGigen Peak
Gigen Peak is the summit of Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, rising to 1092 m on the south side of Benz Pass, and surmounting Russell East Glacier to the west and south, and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east....
, 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev
Mount Ignatiev
Mount Ignatiev is a peak rising to 1220 m in the Srednogorie Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. It is situated 3.3 km south-southeast of Corner Peak, 8.96 km east-southeast of Hanson Hill, 12.1 km north of Sirius Knoll and 7.17 km southwest of Crown Peak...
and 6.62 km southwest of Smin Peak
Smin Peak
Smin Peak is the partly ice-free peak rising to 850 m in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.