Gluhar Hill

Location of Foyn Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Gluhar Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Глухар, ‘Halm Gluhar’ \'h&lm glu-'har\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 1054 m[1] in Bevin Glacier on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

The feature is named after the settlement of Gluhar in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Gluhar Hill is located at 66°16′06″S 63°58′45″W / 66.26833°S 63.97917°W / -66.26833; -63.97917, which is 6.52 km southwest of Meda Nunatak and 12.25 km W of Fitzmaurice Point. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19–20. London, 1974.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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.