HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Skoparnik Bluff ( bg, рид Скопарник, rid Skoparnik, ) is the partly ice-free bluff rising to 882 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
in the northeast foothills of
Detroit Plateau Detroit Plateau () is a major interior plateau of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, with heights between . Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction t ...
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 so ...
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 a ...
,
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 co ...
. It is surmounting Victory Glacier to the southeast. The feature is named after Skoparnik Peak on
Vitosha Mountain Vitosha ( bg, Витоша ), the ancient ''Scomius'' or ''Scombrus'', is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Conveni ...
in Western Bulgaria.


Location

Skoparnik Bluff is located at , which is 3.56 km south of
Mount Schuyler Mount Schuyler ( bg, връх Скайлър, vrah Skaylar, ) is the peak rising to 1475 mAntonov Peak 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 Russ ...
and 6.83 km west of Bozveli 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 Russ ...
, and 6.89 km northwest of Bezbog Peak and 7.08 km north-northwest of Gurgulyat Peak in
Kondofrey Heights Kondofrey Heights ( bg, Кондофрейски възвишения, ‘Kondofreyski Vazvisheniya’ \kon-do-'frey-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1115 m ( Skakavitsa Peak) on the southeast side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic P ...
, and 11.52 km east-northeast of
Bendida Peak Bendida Peak ( bg, връх Бендида, vrah Bendida, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1339 mTrinity 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


Skoparnik Bluff.
SCAR
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 ...

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)


External links


Skoparnik Bluff.
Copernix satellite image Cliffs of Graham Land Landforms of Trinity Peninsula Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{TrinityPeninsula-geo-stub