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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Hitov Spur (BGR) 64° 47' 57.0" S 61° 53' 23.0" W
Name ID: 137567 Place ID: 19197

The narrow, rocky ridge of elevation 1400 m, projecting from Forbidden Plateau 6.3 km east-southeastwards into Hecktoria Glacier on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. Situated 16.5 km NW of Mount Quandary, 6.3 km N of Marchaevo Peak in Zagreus Ridge, 6.35 km ENE of Mount Walker, and 12.7 km SE of Pishtachev Peak on Danco Coast. British mapping in 1978. Named after Panayot Hitov (1830-1918), a leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement, in connection with the settlement of Panayot Hitovo in Northeastern Bulgaria.

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