Gornik Knoll
Gornik Knoll (Bulgarian: хълм Горник, ‘Halm Gornik’ \'h&lm 'gor-nik\) is the rocky hill rising to 477 m[1] on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
The hill is named after the settlement of Gornik in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Gornik Knoll is located at 63°37′36″S 57°51′22″W, which is 3.97 km west-southwest of McCalman Peak, 2.71 km east-northeast of Kribul Hill, and 7.25 km south-southeast of Marten Crag. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
- Gornik Knoll. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Gornik Knoll. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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