Erma Knoll

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Erma Knoll from near Camp Academia, with McFarlane Strait and Greenwich Island in the background.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Erma Knoll (Ermenska Mogila \'er-men-ska mo-'gi-la\) is a 412m peak in upper Huron Glacier, Livingston Island. The peak was first visited on 17 December 2004 by the Bulgarian Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia, and was mapped by Bulgaria in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey. The knoll is named after Erma River in western Bulgaria.

Location

The knoll is located at 62°38′31″S 60°08′01″W / 62.64194°S 60.13361°W / -62.64194; -60.13361Coordinates: 62°38′31″S 60°08′01″W / 62.64194°S 60.13361°W / -62.64194; -60.13361 which is 1.6 km east-southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 1.3 km northeast of Zograf Peak and 390 m northeast of Lozen Nunatak.

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References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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