Konush Hill
Konush Hill (Bulgarian: Конушки хълм, ‘Konushki Halm’ \'ko-nush-ki 'h&lm\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 550 m in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Sestrimo Glacier to the east and Lafond Bay to the north.
The hill is named after the settlements of Konush, Haskovo Province in Southern Bulgaria.
Location[]
Konush Hill is located at 63°29′28″S 58°11′47″W / 63.49111°S 58.19639°WCoordinates: 63°29′28″S 58°11′47″W / 63.49111°S 58.19639°W, which is 2.03 km north of Mount D’Urville, 3.52 km northeast of Tintyava Peak, 5.64 km east-northeast of Ogled Peak and 5.51 km west by south of Argentino (Guerrero) Hill. 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.
References[]
- Konush Hill. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links[]
- Konush Hill. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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