
Meda Nunatak (, ‘Nunatak Meda’ \'nu-na-tak 'me-da\) is the rocky ridge extending 2.65 km in west-northwest to east-southeast direction, 700 m wide and rising to 1128 m
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in
Attlee Glacier
Attlee Glacier () is a glacier long, which flows east-southeast from the plateau escarpment on the east side of Graham Land to the head of Cabinet Inlet to the north of Bevin Glacier.
History
Attlee Glacier was charted, in December 1947, from ...
on
Foyn Coast
The Foyn Coast () is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Alexander and Cape Northrop. It was discovered in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Carl Anton Larsen, who named it for Svend Foyn, a Norwegian ...
,
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.
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.
The feature is named after
Meda of Odessos
Meda of Odessos (), died 336 BC, was a Thracian princess, daughter of the king Cothelas a Getan, and wife of king Philip II of Macedon. Philip married her after Olympias.
According to N. G. L. Hammond, when Philip died, Meda committed suicide ...
(4th century BC), a
Thracian
The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared between north-eastern Greece, ...
princess and wife of
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon (; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (''basileus'') of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ...
.
Location
Meda Nunatak is located at , which is 15.35 km southwest of
Bastion Peak, 8.8 km west-northwest of
Fitzmaurice Point and 6.52 km northeast of
Gluhar Hill. British mapping in 1974.
Maps
* British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19-20. London, 1974.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes
References
Meda Nunatak.SCAR
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.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 Commis ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Meda Nunatak.Copernix satellite image
Nunataks of Graham Land
Foyn Coast
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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