Benkovski Nunatak

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Benkovski Nunatak from Bransfield Strait, with Parchevich Ridge on the left and Bogdan Ridge on the right. Benkovski-Greenwich.jpg
Benkovski Nunatak from Bransfield Strait, with Parchevich Ridge on the left and Bogdan Ridge on the right.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Benkovski Nunatak (\ben-'kov-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is a rocky peak of elevation 450 m projecting from the ice cap of Greenwich Island in the northeast extremity of Breznik Heights.

Greenwich Island island

Greenwich Island is an island 24 km (15 mi) long and from 0.80 to 9.66 km wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area 142.7 square kilometres (55.1 sq mi). The name Greenwich Island dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage.

Breznik Heights

Breznik Heights rises to over 600 m in the southeast part of Greenwich Island in Antarctica. They extend 12 km between Santa Cruz Point in the northeast and the base of the moraine spit of Provadiya Hook at the mouth of Yankee Harbour in the southwest. The heights are ice-covered except for limited precipitous areas such as those at Oborishte Ridge, Ephraim Bluff, Viskyar Ridge and Bogdan Ridge.

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The peak was named after Georgi Benkovski (1843–76), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bulgarian independence.

Georgi Benkovski Bulgarian revolutionary

Georgi Benkovski was the pseudonym of Gavril Gruev Hlatev, a Bulgarian revolutionary and leading figure in the organization and direction of the Bulgarian anti-Ottoman April Uprising of 1876 and apostle of its 4th Revolutionary District.

Bulgaria country in Southeast Europe

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.

Location

Benkovski Nunatak is located at Coordinates: 62°30′13″S59°34′56″W / 62.50361°S 59.58222°W / -62.50361; -59.58222 , which is 920 m west-southwest of Bogdan Ridge, and 690 m north of Parchevich Ridge. Overlooking Gruev Cove to the east. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05.

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Bogdan Ridge

Bogdan Ridge is a conspicuous rocky ridge of elevation 440 m forming the northeast extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ridge extends 1.3 km westwards from Santa Cruz Point and surmounts Gruev Cove to the south.

Parchevich Ridge

Parchevich Ridge is a partly ice-free ridge of elevation 370 m situated in Breznik Heights north of Hardy Cove, 690 m south of Benkovski Nunatak, and 1.7 km southwest of Santa Cruz Point on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Surmounting Hardy Cove to the southwest and Gruev Cove to the east-northeast. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after Petar Parchevich (1612–74), a Bulgarian Catholic bishop and diplomat who campaigned for Bulgarian independence in 1630–45.

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References

Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms

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Antarctic Place-names Commission

The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.


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