St Sofroniy Knoll

St Sofroniy Knoll (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

St Sofroniy Knoll  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18206
Name ID: 134752

Feature type: Knoll (2b)

Origin

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

Narrative

The hill rising to 107 m on the small ice-free peninsula of President Head in the NE extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 1.3 km SW of the extreme NE point of the peninsula. British mapping in 1968. Named after St. Sofroniy Vrachanski (Stoyko Vladislavov, 1739-1813), a leading figure in the Bulgarian National Revival.

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Location

Latitude:
62° 43' 49.0" S
-62.73028°
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Longitude:
61° 13' 12.0" W
-61.22000°
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Altitude:
107 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Dec-2006

Related information

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