Gluhar Hill
Location of Foyn Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.
Gluhar Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Глухар, ‘Halm Gluhar’ \'h&lm glu-'har\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 650 m in Bevin Glacier on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
The feature is named after the settlement of Gluhar in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Gluhar Hill is located at 66°16′06″S 63°58′45″W / 66.26833°S 63.97917°WCoordinates: 66°16′06″S 63°58′45″W / 66.26833°S 63.97917°W, which is 6.52 km southwest of Meda Nunatak and 12.25 km W of Fitzmaurice Point. 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), 1993–2016.
References
- Gluhar Hill. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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