Eduard Nunatak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula

Eduard Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Едуард, romanized: Nunatak Eduard, IPA: [ˈnunɐtak ˈɛduɐrt]) is the rocky ridge 2.32 km long in northwest–southeast direction and 1.14 km wide, rising to 683 m[1] on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It surmounts Artanes Bay on the east and Vaughan Inlet on the west.[2]

The feature is named after Roman Eduard, boatman at St. Kliment Ohridski base during the 2010/11 and subsequent Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns.[2]

Location

Eduard Nunatak is located at 65°00′47″S 61°21′08″W, which is 4.6 km northeast of Shiver Point, 8 km east-southeast of Mural Nunatak, 5.7 km southwest of Skilly Peak and 12.5 km west-northwest of Cape Fairweather.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

1. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
2. Eduard Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

• Eduard Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Eduard Nunatak. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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