Name details

Sofia Mountains

Sofia Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Sofia Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111258

Feature type: Mountain

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

mountains rising to c. 1,500 m in N Alexander Island, bounded to the NW by Palestrina Glacier, to the E and SE by Poste Valley and Nichols Snowfield and to the W by McManus Glacier. The name derives from a visit in Feb. 1988 by a field geology party comprised of members of BAS and the first Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. It commemorates the centennial of the founding of the University of Sofia (APC, 1991).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 27' 00.0" S
-69.45000°
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Longitude:
71° 21' 58.0" W
-71.36611°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
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:
13-May-1991

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