Atanasoff Nunatak

Atanasoff Nunatak (Atanasov Nunatak \a-ta-'na-sov 'nu-na-tak\) is a nunatak, a sharp peak rising to in the east extremity of Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Huron Glacier to the south and east, and Struma Glacier to the north. The peak is Ã¢ÂÂnamed in honour of the Bulgarian American John Atanasoff (1903Ã¢ÂÂ1995) who constructed the first electronic digital computerÃ¢ÂÂ.

Location

The peak is located at which is next east of Pirdop Gate, northeast of Kuzman Knoll, east-northeast of Maritsa Peak, east of Mount Bowles, southeast of Melnik Peak, south of Sliven Peak, north-northwest of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja Peak) and north of Levski Peak (Antarctica). British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05 survey.

South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
Islas Livingston y DecepciÃÂ³n. Mapa topogrÃÂ¡fico a escala 1:100000. Madrid: Servicio GeogrÃÂ¡fico del EjÃÂ©rcito, 1991.
S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath. Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2004.
L.L. Ivanov et al., (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
L.L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred WÃÂ¶rner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
L.L. Ivanov. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred WÃÂ¶rner Foundation, 2017.
A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred WÃÂ¶rner Foundation, 2023.