Kavlak Peak

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Kavlak Peak (Bulgarian: връх Траве, ‘Vrah Trave’ \'vr&h 'tra-ve\) is the peak rising to 1200 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It isituated in the west part of a narrow rocky ridge projecting 5 km eastwards into the upper course of Dinsmoor Glacier.

The peak is named after the settlement of Kavlak in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Kavlak Peak is located at 64°23′26″S 60°12′32″W / 64.39056°S 60.20889°W / -64.39056; -60.20889Coordinates: 64°23′26″S 60°12′32″W / 64.39056°S 60.20889°W / -64.39056; -60.20889, which is 7.17 km west-southwest of Darzalas Peak, 6.92 km northwest of Mount Elliott, 4.88 km north-northeast of Gusla Peak, and 25.41 km east of Baldwin Peak on Danco Coast. British mapping in 1978.

Map

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Kavlak Peak. 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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