Papiya Nunatak

Papiya Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Papiya Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18691
Name ID: 137051

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Narrative

The rocky hill rising to 550 m in the S foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. Situated N of the terminus of Drygalski Glacier, 6.44 km SE of the summit of Ruth Ridge, 6.2 km SSW of Cruyt Spur, 14.6 km W by S of Cape Worsley, 11.7 km N by E of Sentinel Nunatak and 8 km ENE of Bekker Nunataks. British mapping in 1978. Named after Papiya Peak on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 40' 23.0" S
-64.67306°
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Longitude:
60° 40' 31.0" W
-60.67528°
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Altitude:
550 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Jun-2010

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