Kaloyan Nunatak

Kaloyan Nunatak

Kaloyan Nunatak (pronounced ka-lo-'ya-nov 'nu-na-tak) is a nunatak in the Tangra Mountains. It is named after Czar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, 1197-1207 AD.

Kaloyan Nunatak rises to approximately 400 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, on eastern Livingston Island. It is situated northeast of Sozopol Gap, 1.7 kilometers east-north-east of Elena Peak and 3.5 kilometers west-south-west of Renier Point. It surmounts Pautalia Glacier to the south, and Sopot Ice Piedmont to the west, north, and northeast.

It was mapped in 2005 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey, and has since been registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Its coordinates are coord|62|37|26|S|59|52|05|W|.

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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