Drenta Bluff

Drenta Bluff (Bulgarian: рид Дрента, romanized: rid Drenta, IPA: [ˈrid ˈdrɛntɐ]) is the ice-covered bluff of elevation 1043 m^[1] forming the south extremity of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the north side of Benz Pass, surmounting Verdikal Gap to the west and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east-northeast.

The bluff is named after the settlement of Drenta in Northern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Drenta Bluff is located at

63°40′27″S 58°25′15″W / 63.67417°S 58.42083°W / -63.67417; -58.42083Coordinates: 63°40′27″S 58°25′15″W / 63.67417°S 58.42083°W / -63.67417; -58.42083, which is 1.64 km north by west of Gigen Peak, 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev and 6.62 km southwest of Smin Peak. 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[]

References[]

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

External links[]

• Drenta Bluff. Copernix satellite image

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