Drenta bluff
| Drenta bluff | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Louis Philippe plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 40 ′ S , 58 ° 25 ′ W | |
The Drenta Bluff (English; Bulgarian връх Дрента wrach Drenta ) is a 1076 m high and icy cliff on the Trinity Peninsula of Graham Lands the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the southern branch of the Louis Philippe Plateau and rises on the north side of the Benz Pass at distances of 1.64 km north to west of Gigen Peak , 13.5 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev and 6.62 km southeast of Smin Peak on. The Verdikal Gap is to the west and the Cugnot Piedmont Glacier is east-northeast of it.
German and British scientists mapped the cliff in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Drenta in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Drenta Bluff in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)