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Burel Hill

Burel Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Бурел, ‘Halm Burel’ \'h&lm 'bu-rel) is the ice-free hill rising to 152 m in the northwest part of Desolation Island off Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Kozma Cove to the east and Hero Bay to the south and southwest.

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The hill is named after the Burel region in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Burel Hill is located at 62°27′12.6″S 60°21′35″W, which is 2.1 km north-northwest of Iratais Point and 1.2 km south-southeast of Cape Danger. British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

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    Burel Hill Wikipedia
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