Kubrat Knoll
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Inott Point
Inott Point is a point 1.1 mile north-northeast of Edinburgh Hill on the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, Varna Peninsula
Varna Peninsula
Varna Peninsula is a roughly rectangular predominantly ice-covered peninsula forming the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
on eastern Livingston Island 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. It is named after Khan Kubrat, 632-668 AD, who founded the Kingdom of Great Bulgaria
Old Great Bulgaria
Old Great Bulgaria or Great Bulgaria was а term used by Byzantine historians to refer to Onoguria during the reign of the Bulgar ruler Kubrat in the 7th century north of the Caucasus mountains in the steppe between the Dniester and Lower...
on the territory bounded by the Caucasus, Volga and the Carpathians in 632 AD.
Location
The knoll is located at 62°31′36"S 60°01′05"W which is 700 m west by south of Inott PointInott Point
Inott Point is a point 1.1 mile north-northeast of Edinburgh Hill on the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, 1.93 km east of Arbanasi Nunatak
Arbanasi Nunatak
Arbanasi Nunatak is a 320 m high rocky peak in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica...
and 1.7 km north of Edinburgh Hill
Edinburgh Hill
Edinburgh Hill is a narrow point projecting 650 m from the east coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica into McFarlane Strait and ending up in a conspicuous rocky hill of elevation 180 m. The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to Moon Bay...
(Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05
Tangra 2004/05
The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy...
topographic survey).
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.
