Kotrag Nunatak

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Kotrag Nunatak from Kuzman Knoll, Livingston Island.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Kotrag Nunatak (Nunatak Kotrag \'nu-na-tak ko-'trag\) is a conspicuous rocky peak of elevation 290 m projecting from Murgash Glacier, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named after Khan Kotrag, founder of the Kingdom of Volga Bulgaria in the 7th Century AD.

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Location

The peak is located at 62°29′37.3″S59°53′50″W / 62.493694°S 59.89722°W / -62.493694; -59.89722 which is 540 m southwest of Lloyd Hill, 1.47 km east of Telerig Nunatak, and 970 m west of Altsek Nunatak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009).

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