Gazey Nunatak

Gazey Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Газей, ‘Nunatak Gazey’ \'nu-na-tak ga-'zey\) is the partly ice-covered ridge extending 2.9 km in north-south direction and 830 m wide, with a central height rising to 770 m and northern one of 776 m^[1] in Coulter Glacier, Havre Mountains in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature is named after Gazey Peak in Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location[edit]

Gazey Nunatak is centred at 69°18′58″S 71°50′28″W / 69.31611°S 71.84111°W / -69.31611; -71.84111, which is 5.26 km northeast of Goleminov Point, 6.15 km south-southeast of Simon Peak, 14.5 km southwest of Mount Pontida and 8 km north of Dint Island.

Maps[edit]

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and 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)
Gazey Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links[edit]

Gazey 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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[REMA-1] Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

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