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Kuzman Knoll
Kuzman Knoll (Kuzmanova Mogila \'kuz-ma-no-va mo-'gi-la\) is a solitary ice-covered knoll rising to 620 m in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The knoll forms a conspicuous landmark in Wörner Gap area, overlooking Huron Glacier and upper Perunika Glacier. It was named after Kuzman Tuhchiev, participant in the 1993/94 Bulgarian Antarctic campaign and base commander at St. Kliment Ohridski during the 1994-96 seasons. The feature is named ''‘Tukhchiev Knoll’'' by the U.S. and British Antarctic naming committees; "Kuzman Knoll" is the official Bulgarian name, which is established among the Spanish and Bulgarian scientists working in the area. First ascent by the Bulgarians Kuzman Tuhchiev and Vasil Gurev from St. Kliment Ohridski Base was during the 1994/95 season. Location The knoll is located at which is 1.1 km north-northeast of Camp Academia site, 1.1 km east of the midpoint of Wörner Gap, 3.68 km east-northeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pliska Ridge
Pliska Ridge (, ) is a three-peaked ridge rising to in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its central and highest summit, ''Pliska Peak'', is located east-northeast of Willan Nunatak (), southeast of Burdick Peak (, summit of Burdick Ridge), south-southwest of Mount Bowles, west-southwest of Kuzman Knoll, and northwest of Mount Friesland. The feature is long and wide, its axis trending due east-west, with precipitous southern slopes. It is ice-covered except for segments of its easternmost peak () and is bounded to the northwest by Orpheus Gate, to the north by the head of Perunika Glacier, to the east by Nesebar Gap, and to the south and west by the head of Huntress Glacier, the latter flowing southwestwards into False Bay. First ascent by the Bulgarian Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia on 18 December 2004. Pliska is the name of a settlement in north-eastern Bulgaria, which in the seventh century became the capital of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in Antarctica, which are formally given by the List of Presidents of Bulgaria, President of the Republic according to the Constitution of Bulgaria, Bulgarian Constitution (Art. 98) and the established international practice. Bulgarian names in Antarctica Geographical names in Antarctica reflect the history and practice of Antarctic exploration. The nations involved in Antarctic research give new names to nameless geographical features for the purposes of orientation, logistics, and international scientific cooperation. As of 2023, there are some 20,125 named Antarctic geographical features, including 1,606 features with names given by Bulgaria. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanasoff Nunatak
Atanasoff Nunatak (Atanasov Nunatak \a-ta-'na-sov 'nu-na-tak\) is a nunatak, a sharp peak rising to in the east extremity of Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Huron Glacier to the south and east, and Struma Glacier to the north. The peak is “named in honour of the Bulgarian American John Atanasoff (1903–1995) who constructed the first electronic digital computer”. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Location The peak is located at which is next east of , northeast of |
Mount Bowles
Mount Bowles is an ice-covered mountain high, the summit of Bowles Ridge in the central part of eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated south of Vidin Heights and north of Mount Friesland, Tangra Mountains to which it is linked by Wörner Gap. The origin of the name is uncertain; it appears (poorly positioned and probably intended for some other peak on the island) on the 1829 chart of the British expedition (1828–31) under Captain Henry Foster in ''HMS'' . Mount Bowles was first climbed by Àlex Simón, Vicente Castro, David Hita and a friend from Juan Carlos I base on January 5, 2003. Location According to a 2003 Australian GPS survey the peak is located at , which is northwest of Great Needle Peak, north by west of Mount Friesland, east-northeast of St. Kliment Ohridski base and south by west of Miziya Peak. Maps * S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. BathLivingston Island, Antarctica.Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Friesland
Mount Friesland is a mountain rising to in the homonymous Friesland Ridge, one of the two summits of Tangra Mountains and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica along with neighbouring St. Boris Peak. Its north rib is connected to Pliska Ridge by Nesebar Gap on the west, and to Bowles Ridge by Wörner Gap on the north. On the east, Mount Friesland is connected to Presian Ridge and further on to Catalunyan Saddle and Lyaskovets Peak. On the south-southwest, it is connected by a short saddle to ‘The Synagogue’, a sharp-peaked rock-cored ice formation abutting St. Boris Peak. The peak is heavily glaciated and crevassed, surmounting Huntress Glacier to the west, Perunika Glacier to the north-northwest, Huron Glacier to the northeast and Macy Glacier to the southeast. The local weather is notoriously unpleasant and challenging; according to the seasoned Antarctic mountaineer Damien Gildea who climbed in the area, "just about the worst weather in the world". Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Academia
Camp Academia (, ) is a geographical locality in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in appreciation of the Academy’s contribution to Antarctic exploration. The site was first occupied in the 2004/05 austral summer, and has been designated since 2004 as the summer post office Tangra 1091, the southernmost branch of the Bulgarian Posts Plc. Access and survey routes Camp Academia is strategically situated in upper Huron Glacier, Wörner Gap area, at elevation 541 m in the northwestern foothills of Zograf Peak, central Tangra Mountains. The site is accessible by 11-12.5 km routes from the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski and the Spanish base Juan Carlos I respectively. Camp Academia offers convenient overland access to the main range of Tangra Mountains to the south (with survey and climbing routes leading from Camp Academia to Lyaskovets Peak and Mount Friesland via Catalunyan Saddle, and to Levs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuzman
Kuzman ( Bulgarian, Macedonian and sr-cyr, Кузман) is a male given name, the South Slavic variant of the Greek ''Cosmas''. It may refer to: *Kuzman Shapkarev (1834-1909), Bulgarian folklorist *Kuzman Sotirović (1908-1990), Serbian and Yugoslav footballer * Pasko Kuzman, Macedonian archaeologist * Kuzman Babeu (b. 1971), retired Serbian footballer * Kuzman Josifovski Pitu, partisan *Kuzman Kapidan, popular hero of Bulgarian and Macedonian epic poetry See also *Jerry Koosman Jerome Martin Koosman (born December 23, 1942) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies between and . Koo ... (born 1942), American baseball player * Kuzmanov * Kuzmanović * Kuzmanovski {{given name Serbian masculine given names Masculine given names Macedonian masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perunika Glacier
Perunika Glacier (, ) is an 8 km long and 3 km wide (average) roughly crescent-shaped glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Pimpirev Glacier, south of Saedinenie Snowfield, southwest of Kaliakra Glacier, west of Huron Glacier, and north of Balkan Snowfield and the head of Huntress Glacier."Perunika Glacier " SCAR Its head is bounded by to the south-southwest, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
