Siniger Nunatak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Siniger Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Синигер, ‘Nunatak Siniger’ \'nu-na-tak si-'ni-ger\) is the rocky hill rising to over 500 m 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.

References

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

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

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