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Draka Nunatak

Draka Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Драка, ‘Nunatak Draka’ \'nu-na-tak 'dra-ka) is the lens-shaped rocky ridge extending 4.2 km and 1.9 km wide, with twin heights rising to 750 m on the southwest coast of Sjögren Inlet on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

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The feature is named after the settlements of Draka and Drakata in Southeastern and Southwestern Bulgaria respectively.

Location

Draka Nunatak is located at 64°15′06″S 59°10′06″W, which is 6.32 km south-southwest of Vetrovala Peak, 15.48 km west-southwest of Mount Wild, 38 km north of Cape Longing, 24.13 km east-northeast of Dolen Peak and 10.74 km southeast of Mount Hornsby.

Maps

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updted.

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    Draka Nunatak Wikipedia
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