Name details

Veles Bastion

Veles Bastion (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Veles Bastion  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137952

Feature type: Buttress (2d)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The ice-covered buttress of elevation 1200 m forming the SW extremity of Stribog Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Situated 3.13 km E of Fleming Point, 10.15 km SW of Mount Parry, 7 km WNW of Mount Imhotep and 2.77 km N of Mount Sarnegor. Steep and partly ice-free N, W and SW slopes. Surmounts Zlatiya Glacier to the E and S. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named after the Slavic god of wisdom and knowledge Veles.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 20' 05.0" S
-64.33472°
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Longitude:
62° 31' 30.0" W
-62.52500°
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Altitude:
1200 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

new feature (L. Ivanov, 25/05/15) JM

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-May-2015

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