Beadnos Nunatak Explained

Beadnos Nunatak (Bulgarian: text=нунатак Беаднос|italic=no, ‘Nunatak Beadnos’ \'nu-na-tak be-'ad-nos\) is the partly ice-free hill of elevation 2190 m^[1] projecting from the ice cap west of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the medieval fortress of Beadnos in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Beadnos Nunatak is located at -77.9664°N -87.2172°W, which is 6.64 km southeast of Helfert Nunatak, 20.78 km west-southwest of Mursalitsa Peak, 29 km west of Mount Dalrymple and 9 km northwest of Kovil Nunatak. US mapping in 1961.

Maps

• Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

• Beadnos Nunatak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Beadnos Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

Notes and References

1. https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.