Chipev Nunatak

Chipev Nunatak (Bulgarian: Чипев нунатак, ‘Chipev Nunatak’ \'chi-pev 'nu-na-tak\) is the narrow, rocky hill extending 2.9 km in north-south direction and rising to 850 m^[1] on the east side of Edgeworth Glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The nunatak is named after Nesho Chipev (b. 1953), biologist at St. Kliment Ohridski base during the 1994/95 and subsequent seasons.

Location[]

Chipev Nunatak is located at

64°16′34″S 59°46′33″W / 64.27611°S 59.77583°W / -64.27611; -59.77583Coordinates: 64°16′34″S 59°46′33″W / 64.27611°S 59.77583°W / -64.27611; -59.77583, which is 3.6 km south of Kopriva Peak, 8.1 km northwest of Dolen Peak, 6,92 km east by north of Trave Peak and 7.36 km southeast of Paramun Buttress.

Map[]

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

Notes[]

References[]

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

External links[]

• Chipev Nunatak. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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