Nauchene Nunatak

Nauchene Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Научене, ‘Nunatak Nauchene’ \'nu-na-tak na-'u-che-ne\) is the mostly ice-covered rocky ridge extending 1.2 km in northwest-southeast direction, 600 m wide and rising to 1163 m^[1] in lower Rickmers Glacier in the west foothills of Bruce Plateau on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is named after the settlement of in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Nauchene Nunatak is located at

66°13′05″S 64°55′46″W / 66.21806°S 64.92944°W / -66.21806; -64.92944Coordinates: 66°13′05″S 64°55′46″W / 66.21806°S 64.92944°W / -66.21806; -64.92944, which is 3.5 km south-southwest of Dodunekov Bluff and 2.6 km northeast of Ezerets Knoll. British mapping in 1976.

Maps[]

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.

Notes[]

References[]

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

External links[]

• Nauchene Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

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