Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Satellite image of Alexander Island

Lyubimets Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Любимец, ‘Nunatak Lyubimets’ \'nu-na-tak lyu-'bi-mets\) is the partly ice-covered rocky ridge extending 3.9 km in north-northeast to south-southwest direction and 1.8 km wide, rising to 963 m[1] in Bartók Glacier on the west side of Elgar Uplands in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature is named after the town of Lyubimets in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

The ridge is located at 69°42′37″S 70°57′46″W / 69.71028°S 70.96278°W / -69.71028; -70.96278, which is 6.27 km northwest of Mount Pinafore, 5.62 km northeast of Appalachia Nunataks and 3.9 km south-southwest of Kozhuh Peak.

Maps

Notes

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.