Nestinari Nunataks

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Nestinari Nunataks (Nestinarski Nunatatsi \ne-sti-'nar-ski 'nu-na-ta-tsi) are a pair of rocky peaks of elevation 470 m and 520 m in middle Huron Glacier, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated in the north foothills of Tangra Mountains, 210 m away from each other. They are named after the Greco-Bulgarian folkloric ritual of ‘Nestinari’ involving barefoot dancing on live embers.

Location

The higher nunatak is located at -62.64542°N, -60.08875°W, which is 2.55 km east of Lozen Nunatak, 3.88 km east-southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 1.1 km northwest of Plana Peak, 2.6 km north-northeast of Levski Peak and 1.49 km east-northeast of Ravda Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

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