Bratsigovo Hills

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Bratsigovo Hills (Bulgarian: Брациговски хълмове, ‘Bratsigovski Halmove’ \bra-'tsi-gov-ski 'h&l-mo-ve\) is the chain of rocky hills rising to over 300 m on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont and extending from the coast of Prince Gustav Channel 4 km northwards on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The hills are named after the town of Bratsigovo in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Bratsigovo Hills are centred at 63°39′10″S 58°00′00″W / 63.65278°S 58.00000°W / -63.65278; -58.00000Coordinates: 63°39′10″S 58°00′00″W / 63.65278°S 58.00000°W / -63.65278; -58.00000, which 3.77 km west of Chernopeev Peak and 6.5 km east-northeast of Levassor Nunatak. 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), 1993–2016.

References

Bratsigovo Hills. 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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