Kukeri Nunataks

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Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Kukeri Nunataks from the north foothills of Ravda Peak.

Kukeri Nunataks (Kukerski Nunatatsi \'ku-ker-ski 'nu-na-ta-tsi\) are a pair of rocky peaks of elevation 320 m in middle Huron Glacier, Livingston Island. Situated in the north foothills of Tangra Mountains, 200 m away from each other.

Named after the Bulgarian folkloric masked ritual of ‘Kukeri.’

Location

The larger northeastern rock is located at 62°38′07.7″S 60°05′18″W / 62.635472°S 60.08833°W / -62.635472; -60.08833Coordinates: 62°38′07.7″S 60°05′18″W / 62.635472°S 60.08833°W / -62.635472; -60.08833 which is 3.76 km east of Kuzman Knoll, 890 m north of Nestinari Nunataks, 2.68 km south-southeast of Atanasoff Nunatak and 1.97 km west of Godech Nunatak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey).

Maps

L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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

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