Survakari Nunatak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Survakari Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Сурвакари, ‘Nunatak Survakari’ \'nu-na-tak sur-va-'ka-ri\) is the rocky hill rising to 600 m in upper Sjögren Glacier, in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The nunatak is named after the Bulgarian New Year’s folkloric ritual of ‘Survakari’.

Location

Survakari Nunatak is located at 64°09′40″S 59°14′45″W / 64.16111°S 59.24583°W / -64.16111; -59.24583Coordinates: 64°09′40″S 59°14′45″W / 64.16111°S 59.24583°W / -64.16111; -59.24583, which is 5.66 km south-southeast of Seydol Crag, 4.09 km west-southwest of Mureno Peak, 8.2 km northwest of Vetrovala Peak and 6.29 km northeast of Mount Hornsby.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.

References

• Survakari Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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