Golesh Bluff

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Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Golesh Bluff (Bulgarian: рид Голеш, romanizedrid Golesh, IPA: [ˈrid ˈɡɔlɛʃ]) is the ice-covered bluff rising to 1426 m[1] on the north side of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has precipitous west slopes surmounting a tributary glacier that is flowing northwestwards into Pettus Glacier.

The feature is named after the settlement of Golesh in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Golesh Bluff is located at 63°49′21″S 58°52′42″W / 63.82250°S 58.87833°W / -63.82250; -58.87833Coordinates: 63°49′21″S 58°52′42″W / 63.82250°S 58.87833°W / -63.82250; -58.87833, which is 13.27 km east-southeast of Poynter Hill, 6.37 km south-southeast of Aureole Hills, 11.7 km southwest of Skoparnik Bluff, and 12.59 km west of Gurgulyat Peak in Kondofrey Heights. 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[]

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

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


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