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Kyulevcha Nunatak

Coordinates: 65°57′45″S 63°30′33″W / 65.96250°S 63.50917°W / -65.96250; -63.50917
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Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Kyulevcha Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Кюлевча, ‘Nunatak Kyulevcha’ \'nu-na-tak kyu-'lev-cha\) is the rocky, partly ice-free ridge extending 4.17 km in northwest–southeast direction, 1.2 km wide, and rising to 1740 m[1] between the upper courses of Fleece Glacier and Leppard Glacier on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. The feature is named after the settlement of Kyulevcha in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

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Kyulevcha Nunatak is located at 65°57′45″S 63°30′33″W / 65.96250°S 63.50917°W / -65.96250; -63.50917, which is 5.9 km west-southwest of Moider Peak, 10.65 km west-northwest of Mount Lagado, and 37 km east of Mount Dewey on Graham Coast. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

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  • 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), 1993–2016.

Notes

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  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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