Survakari Nunatak

Survakari Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Сурвакари, ‘Nunatak Survakari’ \'nu-na-tak sur-va-'ka-ri\) is the rocky hill rising to 849 m[1] in upper Sjögren Glacier, in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The nunatak is named after the Bulgarian New Year’s folkloric ritual of ‘Survakari’.

Location

Survakari Nunatak is located at 64°09′40″S 59°14′45″W, which is 5.66 km south-southeast of Seydol Crag, 4.09 km west-southwest of Mureno Peak, 8.2 km northwest of Vetrovala Peak and 6.29 km northeast of Mount Hornsby.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

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

References

Survakari Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

Survakari Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

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