Bohot Nunatak Explained

Bohot Nunatak (Bulgarian: text=Бохотски нунатак|italic=no, ‘Bohotski Nunatak’ \'bo-hot-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is a rocky hill at an elevation of 885 m^[1] projecting from the ice cap in the northeastern periphery of Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.

History

It is named after the settlement of Bohot in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Bohot Nunatak is located at -77.3936°N -85.5756°W, which is 13.7 km northeast of Mount Weems, 10.93 km east of Pastrogor Peak, 15.96 km southeast of Lanz Peak and 5.27 km north-northwest of Ostrusha Nunatak.

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

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

External links

• Bohot Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

Notes and References

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