Gurgulyat Peak
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Gurgulyat Peak (Bulgarian: връх Гургулят, ‘Vrah Gurgulyat’ \'vr&h gur-gu-'lyat\) is the peak rising to 1050 m in Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.08 km southwest of Skakavitsa Peak, 4 km west by north of Mount Reece and 10.6 km south of Mount Schuyler. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the north.
The peak is named after the settlement of Gurgulyat in western Bulgaria.
Location
Gurgulyat Peak is located at 63°49′42″S 58°37′22″W / 63.82833°S 58.62278°WCoordinates: 63°49′42″S 58°37′22″W / 63.82833°S 58.62278°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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