Arbanasi Nunatak

Arbanasi Nunatak is a 320-metre-high rocky peak in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica. The peak was named after the settlement and monastery of Arbanasi near the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Tarnovo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edinburgh Hill and Sakar Peak.

Peak

Edinburgh Hill is a narrow point projecting 650 m from the east coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica into McFarlane Strait and ending up in a conspicuous rocky hill of elevation 180 m whose bottom half is composed of basalt columns.

Peak

Sakar Peak is a peak of elevation 355 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Partly ice-free southeast slopes. Sakar Peak is situated 4 km southwest of Arbanasi Nunatak.

Nearby places include Ficheto Point.

Locality

Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 7 km north of Arbanasi Nunatak.

Latitude

-62.52778° or 62° 31′ 40″ south

Longitude

-60.055° or 60° 3′ 18″ west

Elevation

320 metres (1,050 feet)

Open location code

379XFWCV+VX

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