Drenta Bluff

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Drenta Bluff (Bulgarian: връх Дрента, ‘Vrah Drenta’ \'vr&h 'dren-ta\) is the ice-covered bluff of elevation 1076 m forming the south extremity of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the north side of Benz Pass, surmounting Verdikal Gap to the west and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east-northeast.

The bluff is named after the settlement of Drenta in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Drenta Bluff is located at 63°40′27″S 58°25′15″W / 63.67417°S 58.42083°W / -63.67417; -58.42083Coordinates: 63°40′27″S 58°25′15″W / 63.67417°S 58.42083°W / -63.67417; -58.42083, which is 1.64 km north by west of Gigen Peak, 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev and 6.62 km southwest of Smin Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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