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Drenta Bluff

Drenta Bluff (Bulgarian: връх Дрента, ‘Vrah Drenta’ \'vr&h 'dren-ta) is the ice-covered bluff of elevation 1076 m forming the south extremity of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the north side of Benz Pass, surmounting Verdikal Gap to the west and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east-northeast.

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The bluff is named after the settlement of Drenta in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Drenta Bluff is located at 63°40′27″S 58°25′15″W, which is 1.64 km north by west of Gigen Peak, 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev and 6.62 km southwest of Smin Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

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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