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Skoparnik Bluff

Skoparnik Bluff (Bulgarian: връх Скопарник, ‘Vrah Skoparnik’ \'vr&h sko-'par-nik) is the partly ice-free bluff rising to over 700 m in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Victory Glacier to the southeast.

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The feature is named after Skoparnik Peak on Vitosha Mountain in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Skoparnik Bluff is located at 63°46′08″S 58°40′26″W, which is 3.56 km south of Mount Schuyler, 4.88 km southwest of Antonov Peak and 6.83 km west of Bozveli Peak in Trakiya Heights, and 6.89 km northwest of Bezbog Peak and 7.08 km north-northwest of Gurgulyat Peak in Kondofrey Heights, and 11.52 km east-northeast of Bendida 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 updated.

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    Skoparnik Bluff Wikipedia
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