Kovil Nunatak Explained

Kovil Nunatak (Bulgarian: Ковилски нунатак, ‘Kovilski Nunatak’ \'ko-vil-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is the rock-tipped hill of elevation 2041 m^[1] projecting from the ice cap west of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the settlement of Kovil in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Kovil Nunatak is located at -78.039°N -87.0497°W, which is 24.93 km west of Mount Goldthwait, 12.68 km northwest of Mount Hubley and 15.46 km southeast of Helfert 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

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

External links

• Kovil Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

Notes and References

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