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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Rachenitsa Nunatak (BGR) | 69° 35' 24.0" S | 71° 15' 45.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 138284
Place ID: 19862
A nunatak 1.8 km long in S-N direction, with twin rocky heights extending 500 by 350 m and 900 by 330 m respectively, rising to 800 m in Nichols Snowfield, northern Alexander Island. The S height is situated 5.3 km SSW of Shaw Nunatak, 8.3 km W of Tegra Nunatak and 8.05 km NW of Nebush Nunatak in Elgar Uplands, and 8.4 km ENE of Moriseni Peak in Lassus Mountains. Vicinity 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. |
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