Meda Nunatak Explained

Meda Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Меда, ‘Nunatak Meda’ \'nu-na-tak 'me-da\) is the rocky ridge extending 2.65 km in west-northwest to east-southeast direction, 700 m wide and rising to 1128 m^[1] in Attlee Glacier on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

The feature is named after Meda of Odessos (4th century BC), a Thracian princess and wife of Philip II of Macedon.

Location

Meda Nunatak is located at -66.2219°N -63.8911°W, which is 15.35 km southwest of Bastion Peak, 8.8 km west-northwest of Fitzmaurice Point and 6.52 km northeast of Gluhar Hill. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19-20. London, 1974.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

External links

• Meda Nunatak. Copernix satellite image

Notes and References

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