Montana Bluff
Montana Bluff (Bulgarian: връх Монтана, romanized: vrah Montana, IPA: [ˈvrɤx monˈtanɐ]) is an ice-covered peak rising to 670 m at the end of a side ridge running south-southeast from Ticha Peak in central Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island. Surmounting Perunika Glacier to the west and southwest, and Huron Glacier to the east and southeast. It is named after the city of Montana in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
[edit]The bluff is located at 62°37′24″S 60°10′56″W / 62.62333°S 60.18222°W which is next east of the south entrance of Omurtag Pass, 820 m south of Ticha Peak, 2.3 km west-southweat of Maritsa Peak, 1.77 km northwest of Kuzman Knoll, and 3.8 km northeast of Orpheus Gate (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05).
Maps
[edit]- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1
References
[edit]- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Montana Bluff. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
[edit]- Montana Bluff. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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