Ostrusha Nunatak
Ostrusha Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Оструша, ‘Nunatak Ostrusha’ \'nu-na-tak o-'stru-sha\) is the rocky hill of elevation 841 m[1] projecting from the ice cap in the northeastern periphery of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the Thracian mound of Ostrusha in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
[edit]Ostrusha Nunatak is located at 77°26′20″S 85°30′50″W / 77.43889°S 85.51389°W, which is 16.75 km north-northeast of Mount Mogensen in Gromshin Heights, 12.43 km east-northeast of Mount Weems and 5.27 km south-southeast of Bohot Nunatak. US mapping in 1961.
Maps
[edit]- Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
[edit]- Ostrusha Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit]- Ostrusha Nunatak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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