Chochoveni Nunatak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Chochoveni Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Чочовени, ‘Nunatak Chochoveni’ \'nu-na-tak cho-cho-'ve-ni\) is a rocky hill rising to 650 m (2,130 ft) in the southwest part of Cugnot Ice Piedmont on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The nunatak is named after the settlements of Golyamo (Great) Chochoveni and Malko (Little) Chochoveni in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Chochoveni Nunatak is located at 63°40′21″S 58°18′16″W / 63.67250°S 58.30444°W / -63.67250; -58.30444Coordinates: 63°40′21″S 58°18′16″W / 63.67250°S 58.30444°W / -63.67250; -58.30444, which is 3.87 km south by east of Smin Peak, 4.29 km northwest of Kolobar Nunatak, 3.34 km northeast of Coburg Peak and 5.75 km east of Drenta Bluff. 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

Chochoveni Nunatak. 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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