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Siniger Nunatak ( bg, нунатак Синигер, ‘Nunatak Siniger’ \'nu-na-tak si-'ni-ger\) is the rocky hill rising to 647 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
in the upper course of
Russell East Glacier Russell East Glacier () is a glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which lies at the north end of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula and Verdikal Gap along the south slopes of Erul Heights ...
on
Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the ...
in
Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee an ...
,
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
. The nunatak is named after the settlement of Siniger in Southern Bulgaria.


Location

Siniger Nunatak is located at , which is 2.97 km northeast of Morava Peak in
Trakiya Heights The Trakiya Heights ( bg, Тракийски възвишения, ‘Trakiyski Vazvisheniya’ \tra-'kiy-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to ( Irakli Peak) on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. The heights are bounded by Ru ...
, 4.65 km east of Mount Canicula, 3.85 km south of
Gigen Peak Gigen Peak ( bg, връх Гиген, vrah Gigen, ) is the summit of Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, rising to 1083 mErul Heights Erul Heights ( bg, Ерулски възвишения, ‘Erulski Vazvisheniya’ \e-'rul-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1083 m (Gigen Peak) on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are bounded by Russell East Gla ...
, and 6.54 km west-southwest of
Panhard Nunatak Panhard Nunatak is the nearest nunatak to the coast on the north side of Russell East Glacier, surmounting Smokinya Cove in Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Commi ...
. German-British mapping in 1996.


Maps


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


References


Siniger Nunatak.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)


External links


Siniger Nunatak.
Copernix satellite image Nunataks of Trinity Peninsula Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{TrinityPeninsula-geo-stub