Ostrusha Nunatak

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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Map of northern Sentinel Range.

Ostrusha Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Оструша, ‘Nunatak Ostrusha’ \'nu-na-tak o-'stru-sha\) is the rocky hill of elevation 841 m[1] projecting from the ice cap in the northeastern periphery of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the Thracian mound of Ostrusha in Southern Bulgaria.

Ostrusha Nunatak is located at 77°26′20″S 85°30′50″W / 77.43889°S 85.51389°W / -77.43889; -85.51389, which is 16.75 km north-northeast of Mount Mogensen in Gromshin Heights, 12.43 km east-northeast of Mount Weems and 5.27 km south-southeast of Bohot Nunatak. US mapping in 1961.

Maps

  • Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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