Name details

Kanitz Nunatak

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137036

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 peak rising to over 600 m in the southern foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 8.43 km S of Ami Boué Peak, 9.81 km ESE of Dabnik Peak, 6.15 km N of Cain Nunatak and 9.84 km W by S of Theodolite Hill. Overlooking Broad Valley to the S. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Kanitz in Northwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the Austro-Hungarian geographer and ethnographer Felix Kanitz (1829-1904). Approved on June 3, 2010.

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Location

Latitude:
63° 29' 33.0" S
-63.49250°
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Longitude:
57° 46' 41.0" W
-57.77806°
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Altitude:
0 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

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Jun-2010

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