Siniger Nunatak

Siniger Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Синигер, ‘Nunatak Siniger’ \'nu-na-tak si-'ni-ger\) is the rocky hill rising to 647 m^[1] in the upper course of Russell East Glacier on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The nunatak is named after the settlement of Siniger in Southern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Siniger Nunatak is located at

63°43′23″S 58°25′12″W / 63.72306°S 58.42000°W / -63.72306; -58.42000Coordinates: 63°43′23″S 58°25′12″W / 63.72306°S 58.42000°W / -63.72306; -58.42000, which is 2.97 km northeast of Morava Peak in Trakiya Heights, 4.65 km east of Mount Canicula, 3.85 km south of Gigen Peak in Erul Heights, and 6.54 km west-southwest of Panhard Nunatak. 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[]

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

External links[]

• Siniger Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

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