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Beadnos Nunatak

Coordinates: 77°57′59″S 87°13′02″W / 77.96639°S 87.21722°W / -77.96639; -87.21722
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Map of northern Sentinel Range.

Beadnos Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Беаднос, ‘Nunatak Beadnos’ \'nu-na-tak be-'ad-nos\) is the partly ice-free hill of elevation 2190 m[1] projecting from the ice cap west of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the medieval fortress of Beadnos in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

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Beadnos Nunatak is located at 77°57′59″S 87°13′02″W / 77.96639°S 87.21722°W / -77.96639; -87.21722, which is 6.64 km southeast of Helfert Nunatak, 20.78 km west-southwest of Mursalitsa Peak, 29 km west of Mount Dalrymple and 9 km northwest of Kovil Nunatak. US mapping in 1961.

Maps

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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