Name details

Tipits Knoll

Tipits Knoll (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tipits Knoll  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 138393

Feature type: Knoll

Origin

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

Narrative

The mostly ice-covered ridge extending 800 m in N-S direction and 470 m wide, rising to 1000 m and forming the S extremity of Sofia University Mountains in northern Alexander Island. Situated 3.12 km SE of Mount Kliment Ohridski, 7.33 km SW of Vola Ridge, 4.23 km WNW of Shaw Nunatak and 8.22 km NE of Mount Devol in Lassus Mountains. Surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the SE. Visited on 2 February 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 Tipits Peak in Pirin Mountains.

Location

Latitude:
69° 32' 09.0" S
-69.53583°
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Longitude:
71° 19' 56.0" W
-71.33222°
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Altitude:
1000 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Person:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

request by L. Ivanov, 12.07.2018

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Mar-2017

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