Nestinari Nunataks

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Nestinari Nunataks from Komini Peak.

Nestinari Nunataks (Nestinarski Nunatatsi \ne-sti-'nar-ski 'nu-na-ta-tsi\) are a pair of rocky peaks of elevation 470 m and 520 m in middle Huron Glacier, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated in the north foothills of Tangra Mountains, 210 m away from each other.

They are named after the Bulgarian folkloric ritual of ‘Nestinari’ involving barefoot dancing on live embers.

Location

The higher nunatak is located at 62°38′43.5″S 60°05′19.5″W / 62.645417°S 60.08875°W / -62.645417; -60.08875 which is 2.55 km east of Lozen Nunatak, 3.88 km east-southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 1.1 km northwest of Plana Peak, 2.6 km north-northeast of Levski Peak and 1.49 km east-northeast of Ravda Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission 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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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