Name details

Mount Tsotsorkov

Tsotsorkov, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Tsotsorkov  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137932

Feature type: Mountain (2d)

Origin

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

Narrative

The rocky, partly ice-covered mountain extending 7.6 km in N-S direction, 3 km wide and rising to 1600 m in the NW foothills of Forbidden Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land. Situated 11.15 km ESE of Mount Inverleith, and 21 km NW of Travnik Buttress on Oscar II Coast. Surmounts Bagshawe Glacier to the SW, and Andvord Bay and its southernmost part Lester Cove to the N where the ridge ends in Forbes Point. British mapping in 1980. Named after the Bulgarian industrialist Lachezar Tsotsorkov for his sustained support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 56' 23.0" S
-64.93972°
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Longitude:
62° 31' 17.0" W
-62.52139°
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Altitude:
1600 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
21-Nov-2014

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