St. Theodosius Nunatak

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

St. Theodosius Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Св. Теодосий, ‘Nunatak Sv. Teodosiy’ \'nu-na-tak sve-'ti te-o-'do-siy\) is the mostly ice-free ridge extending 1.9 km in northeast-southwest direction and 1 km wide, rising to 430 m[1] on the west side of Havre Mountains in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It surmounts Lennon Glacier to the north and Pipkov Glacier to the south-southeast.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian cleric and hermit St. Theodosius of Tarnovo (1300-1363), in connection with the settlement of Teodosievo in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

St. Theodosius Nunatak is located at 69°13′13″S 72°04′36″W / 69.22028°S 72.07667°W / -69.22028; -72.07667, which is 3.13 km east-northeast of Buneva Point, 8.86 km south-southwest of Saint George Peak, 5.6 km west of Kutev Peak and 8.4 km northwest of Simon Peak. British mapping in 1991.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Sheet SR19-20/5. APC UK, 1991
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

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.


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