Chochoveni Nunatak

Chochoveni Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Чочовени, ‘Nunatak Chochoveni’ \'nu-na-tak cho-cho-'ve-ni\) is a rocky hill rising to 701 m (2,300 ft)^[1] in the southwest part of Cugnot Ice Piedmont on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The nunatak is named after the settlements of Golyamo (Great) Chochoveni and Malko (Little) Chochoveni in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Chochoveni Nunatak is located at

63°40′21″S 58°18′16″W / 63.67250°S 58.30444°W / -63.67250; -58.30444Coordinates: 63°40′21″S 58°18′16″W / 63.67250°S 58.30444°W / -63.67250; -58.30444, which is 3.87 km south by east of Smin Peak, 4.29 km northwest of Kolobar Nunatak, 3.34 km northeast of Coburg Peak and 5.75 km east of Drenta Bluff. 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), 1993–2016.

Notes[]

References[]

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

External links[]

• Chochoveni Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

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