Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Krum Rock (BGR) | 62° 38' 54.0" S | 60° 20' 43.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 105020
Place ID: 15372
Small nunatak rising to 208m on the SW edge of Balkan Snowfield just N of Contell Glacier, Livingston Island. Located 1km E of Atlantic Club Peak, 1.22km SE of Sinemorets Hill, 2.74km W by N of Castillo Nunatak and 950m N by E of the highest point of Charrúa Ridge, 333m. Projecting slightly above the ice sheet with 0.3ha rocky ground exposed in summer. Due to its location, an important landmark in the course of field work. Bulgarian mapping in 1996. Named for Krum Velchev, meteorologist at St. Kliment Ohridski in several seasons since 1993. |
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| Velchev Rock (GBR) | 62° 38' 51.9" S | 60° 20' 42.9" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 111750
Place ID: 15372
Rising to 210 m, 1 km N of Charrúa Ridge, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Named after Krum A. Velchev (b.1954), a Bulgarian scientist who worked in the area. It is the most important landmark visible from the Bulgarian base, St Kliment Ohridski. |
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| Velchev Rock (USA) | 62° 38' 00.0" S | 60° 20' 00.0" W | Rock |
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Name ID: 133178
Place ID: 15372
A small nunatak rising to 208 m on the SW endge of Balkan Snowfield just N of Contell Glacier on eastern Livingston Island. Located 1,000 m E of Atlantic Club Peak and 1,220 m SE of Sinemorets Hill. Projecting slightly above the ice sheet with approximately 0.3 hectares of rocky ground exposed on its northern slope in the summer. Named for Krum A. Velchev, meteorologist at the St. Kliment Ohridski Base during the summer seasons of 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96. |
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