Senokos Nunatak
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Senokos Nunatak is the rocky hill rising to 663 m in Dreatin Glacier
on Trinity Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica.
The nunatak
is named after the settlements of Senokos in Northeastern
and Southwestern
Bulgaria.
, 4.6 km north of Tufft Nunatak
, 11.43 km southeast of Golesh Bluff
, and 7.29 km south-southwest of Gurgulyat Peak
in Kondofrey Heights
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Dreatin Glacier
Dreatin Glacier is the 12 km long and 7.5 km wide glacier on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...
on Trinity Peninsula
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.
The nunatak
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
is named after the settlements of Senokos in Northeastern
Senokos, Dobrich Province
Senokos, Dobrich Province is a village in Balchik Municipality, Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria.Senokos Nunatak on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village....
and Southwestern
Senokos, Blagoevgrad Province
Senokos, Blagoevgrad Province is a village in the municipality of Simitli, in Blagoevgrad Province, in southwestern Bulgaria.Senokos Nunatak on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village....
Bulgaria.
Location
Senokos Nunatak is located at 63°53′08"S 58°41′41"W, which is 3.27 km west of Mount BradleyMount Bradley
Mount Bradley is a pyramidal peak, high, at the southeast end of a ridge descending from Detroit Plateau, surmounting Znepole Ice Piedmont to the east and Dreatin Glacier to the southwest. The peak is southwest of Mount Reece in southern Trinity Peninsula. It was charted in 1945 by the Falkland...
, 4.6 km north of Tufft Nunatak
Tufft Nunatak
Tufft Nunatak is a small nunatak 3 nautical miles southwest of Mount Bradley and 4.6 km south of Senokos Nunatak, Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Ronald W...
, 11.43 km southeast of Golesh Bluff
Golesh Bluff
Golesh Bluff is the ice-covered bluff rising to 1400 m on the north side of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has precipitous west slopes surmounting a tributary glacier that is flowing northwestwards into Pettus Glacier....
, and 7.29 km south-southwest of Gurgulyat Peak
Gurgulyat Peak
Gurgulyat Peak is the peak rising to 1050 m in Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.08 km southwest of Skakavitsa Peak, 4 km west by north of Mount Reece and 10.6 km south of Mount Schuyler. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the north.The peak is named after the...
in Kondofrey Heights
Kondofrey Heights
Kondofrey Heights are the heights rising to 1119 m on the southeast side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated east of Detroit Plateau, south of Victory Glacier and west of Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea. Linked to Detroit Plateau by Podgumer Col...
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.