Atanasoff Nunatak

Atanasoff Nunatak

Atanasoff Nunatak (Atanasov Nunatak a-ta-'na-sov 'nu-na-tak) is a nunatak, a sharp peak rising to 550 m in the Eastern extremity of Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak sumounts the 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.

Location

The peak is located at coord|62|36|50|S|60|07|11|W which is east of Pirdop Gate, 4.1 km east of the summit of Mount Bowles, 3.37 km northeast of Kuzman Knoll and 7.2 km north by northwest of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja).

ee also

* Tangra 2004/05
* Livingston Island
* List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
* Antarctic Place-names Commission

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .
* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]


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