Kanitz Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Каниц, ‘Nunatak Kanitz’ \'nu-na-tak 'ka-nits\) is the rocky peak rising to 659 m[1] in the southern foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 8.43 km south of Ami Boué Bluff, 9.81 km east-southeast of Dabnik Peak, 6.15 km north of Cain Nunatak and 9.84 km west by south of Theodolite Hill. Overlooking Broad Valley to the south.
The peak is named after the settlement of Kanitz in northwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the Austro-Hungarian geographer and ethnographer Felix Kanitz (1829–1904).
Location edit
Kanitz Nunatak is located at 63°29′33″S 57°46′41″W / 63.49250°S 57.77806°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps edit
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- 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
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kanitz Nunatak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links edit
- Kanitz 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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