Obzor Hill
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Obzor Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Обзор, ‘Halm Obzor’ \'h&lm ob-'zor\) is the hill rising to 479 m[1] at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. It surmounts Mott Snowfield to the west.
The feature is named after the town of Obzor in eastern Bulgaria.
Location[]
Obzor Hill is located at 63°16′00″S 57°05′43″W / 63.26667°S 57.09528°WCoordinates: 63°16′00″S 57°05′43″W / 63.26667°S 57.09528°W, which is 2.46 km west-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.18 km north of Mount Bransfield and 1.87 km northwest of Vishegrad Knoll. 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 upgraded and updated.
Notes[]
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References[]
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Obzor Hill. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links[]
- Obzor Hill. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Categories:
- Hills of Trinity Peninsula
- Bulgaria and the Antarctic
- Trinity Peninsula geography stubs