Sayer Nunatak is a rocky peak rising to 210 m south of

Williams Point Williams Point is the point forming both the north extremity of Varna Peninsula and the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Separated from Zed Islands to the north by Iglika Passage. The discovery o ...

Varna Peninsula Varna Peninsula (, ) is a roughly rectangular predominantly ice-covered peninsula forming the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is bounded by Hero Bay to the northwest, by Moon Bay to the s ...

, at the north edge of the ice cap of

Livingston Island Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, part of the South Shetland Islands, South Shetlands Archipelago, a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands north of the ...

in the

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. The nunatak is forming the north extremity of

Vidin Heights Vidin Heights (, ) are predominantly ice-covered heights rising to on Varna Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is approximately long from the north end of Leslie Gap east-northeastwards ...

and surmounting Dragon Cove to the northeast,

Griffin Cove Griffin Cove is the 800 m wide cove indenting for 260 m the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and entered between Gargoyle Bastion to the northeast and Organpipe Point to ...

to the north-northwest and

Charybdis Cove Charybdis Cove is the 1.2 km wide cove indenting for 580 m the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and entered between Organpipe Point to the north and Slab Point to the south ...

to the southwest. The feature is named after the

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Captain Sayer, Master of the brig ''General Scott'', who carried out sealing operations in this area in 1821–22.

Location

The peak is located at which is 2.3 km south of

, 3.8 km west-northwest of

Pomorie Point Pomorie Point (Nos Pomorie \'nos po-'mo-ri-e\) is a point on the coast of McFarlane Strait forming the north side of the entrance to Lister Cove, Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is named a ...

, 5.92 km north-northwest of Rakovski Nunatak, 2.2 km north of Zhelyava Hill, 7.18 km north by east of

Miziya Peak Miziya Peak (, ) is the 604 m summit of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the south, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest. First a ...

and 4.9 km northeast of

Kotis Point Kotis Point (Nos Kotis \'nos 'ko-tis\) is a point on the northwest coast of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Eliseyna Cove. The point is featuring a conspi ...

(British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

* L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000

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. Sofia:

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of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica.

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(SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated. * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.

References

Sayer Nunatak.
SCAR

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* Nunataks of Livingston Island {{LivingstonIsland-geo-stub

Location

See also

Maps

References