Vishegrad Knoll (Bulgarian: Вишеградска могила, ‘Vishegradska Mogila’ \'vi-she-grad-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the hill rising to 532 m[1] at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. The feature is named after the settlement of Vishegrad in southern Bulgaria.
Location edit
Vishegrad Knoll is located at 63°16′33″S 57°03′51″W / 63.27583°S 57.06417°W, which is 2.21 km south-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.87 km southeast of Obzor Hill and 1.83 km east of Mount Bransfield. 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 upgraded and updated.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b 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)
- Vishegrad knoll. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links edit
- Vishegrad Knoll. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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