Charrúa Gap
Charrúa Gap is a flat ice-covered saddle extending 2.2 kilometres in east-west direction between Castillo Nunatak and Charrúa Ridge on Hurd Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island at an elevation of 275 metres.Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Napier Peak and Belozem Hill.
Napier Peak
Peak
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Napier Peak is the partly ice-free peak rising to 380 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked to Charrúa Gap to the north by a 1.5 km ice-covered col, and by an ice-covered saddle to Mirador Hill to the south-southwest, and surmounts Johnsons Glacier to the northwest and west, Huntress Glacier to the east, and False Bay to the south.
Belozem Hill
Peak
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Belozem Hill is the northeasternmost of a chain of hills along Bulgarian Beach on Hurd Peninsula in the east of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. Belozem Hill is situated 2½ km northwest of Charrúa Gap.
Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel
Church
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The St. Ivan Rilski Chapel at the St. Kliment Ohridski Base of Bulgaria, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is the first Eastern Orthodox edifice in Antarctica, the southernmost Eastern Orthodox building of worship in the world, and one of eight churches on Antarctica. Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel is situated 2½ km northwest of Charrúa Gap.
Charrúa Gap
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 275 metres
- Also known as: “Charrua Gap”
- Categories: gap and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Charrúa Gap” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Чаруа”
- Cebuano: “Charrúa Gap”
- German: “Charrúa Gap”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Charrúa Gap”
- Swedish: “Charrúa Gap”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Velchev Rock and Charrúa Ridge.
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