Name details

Zavoy Nunatak

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

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

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Id 138281

Feature type: Nunatak ( 2d )

Origin

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

Narrative

The mostly ice-free rocky ridge extending 2.8 km in NNW-SSE direction and 1.4 km wide, rising to 950 m on the W side of Elgar Uplands in northern Alexander Island. Situated 7.57 km N of Appalachia Nunataks, 15.38 km E of Mount Morley in Lassus Mountains, 14 km SSE of Shaw Nunatak and 9.42 km SSW of Tegra Nunatak. Surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the NW, Gilbert Glacier to the SW, and the head of Bartók Glacier to the SE. Vicinity visited on 30 January 1988 by the geological team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (British Antarctic Survey). British mapping in 1971.

Named For

Named after the settlement of Zavoy in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Latitude:
69° 39' 46.4" S
-69.66289°
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Longitude:
71° 06' 37.0" W
-71.11028°
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Altitude:
950 m
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Images

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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:
23-Mar-2017

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