Velchev rock

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Velchev rock
View of Velchev Rock with the Tangra Mountains in the background

View of Velchev Rock with the Tangra Mountains in the background

height 208  m
location Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands
Coordinates 62 ° 38 '52 "  S , 60 ° 20' 43"  W Coordinates: 62 ° 38 '52 "  S , 60 ° 20' 43"  W
Velchev Rock (South Shetland Islands)
Velchev rock

The Velchev Rock (also known as Krum Rock ; Bulgarian Крумов камък Krumow kamak ) is a 208  m high nunatak in the eastern part of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises on the southwestern edge of the Balkan snowfield immediately north of the Contell Glacier and 1.22 km southeast of Sinemorets Hill . Only in the summer months is an area of ​​0.3  hectares on its northern slope not covered in snow.

The nunatak is named after the Bulgarian meteorologist Krum A. Weltschew (* 1954), who worked in three Antarctic summer seasons between 1993 and 1996 at the nearby St. Kliment-Ohridski station .

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