Pamidovo Nunatak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Pamidovo Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Памидово, ‘Nunatak Pamidovo’ \'nu-na-tak pa-'mi-do-vo\) is the rocky ridge extending 4.42 km in west-southwest to east-northeast direction, 1.18 km wide, and rising to 850 m in Voden Heights on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts Fleece Glacier to the southwest. Named after the settlement of Pamidovo in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Pamidovo Nunatak is located at 65°52′17″S 62°59′31″W / 65.87139°S 62.99194°W / -65.87139; -62.99194Coordinates: 65°52′17″S 62°59′31″W / 65.87139°S 62.99194°W / -65.87139; -62.99194, which is 9 km southeast of Mount Izvor, 8.46 km west-northwest of Adit Nunatak, and 10.05 km northeast of Moider Peak. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Pamidovo Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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