Yarlovo Nunatak
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Yarlovo Nunatak is the rocky hill rising to 744 m in the north foothills of Giovannini (Lobell) Ridge on Trinity Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. It is surmounting Broad Valley
to the north.
The nunatak
is named after the settlement of Yarlovo
in Western Bulgaria.
, 6.72 km south of Prilep Knoll
and 11.48 km southwest of Kanitz Nunatak
. 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 surmounting Broad Valley
Broad Valley
Broad Valley is a descriptive name for the broad glacier-filled valley on the south side of Laclavere Plateau, Trinity Peninsula. The name was suggested by V.I. Russell of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following his survey in 1946....
to the north.
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 settlement of Yarlovo
Yarlovo
Yarlovo is village in Samokov municipality of Sofia Province in South-West Bulgaria. It is located 24 kilometers away from Sofia. Located on the West slope of the Vitosha mountain massif, the altitude exceeds 1000 meters. The village has over 500 inhabitants....
in Western Bulgaria.
Location
Yarlovo Nunatak is located at 63°32′52"S 57°58′17"W, which is 4.53 km west-northwest of Marten CragMarten Crag
Marten Crag is the rocky peak rising to over 700 m between Stepup Col and the eastern foothills of Giovannini Ridge on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...
, 6.72 km south of Prilep Knoll
Prilep Knoll
Prilep Knoll is the ice-covered hill rising to over 700 m at the south entrance to Misty Pass, on the west side of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...
and 11.48 km southwest of Kanitz Nunatak
Kanitz Nunatak
Kanitz Nunatak is the rocky peak rising to over 600 m in the southern foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 8.43 km south of Ami Boué Peak, 9.81 km east-southeast of Dabnik Peak, 6.15 km north of Cain Nunatak and 9.84 km west by...
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.