Lepitsa Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Lepitsa Peak (Bulgarian: връх Лепица, ‘Vrah Lepitsa’ \'vr&h le-'pi-tsa\) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1110 m in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the west side of Zlidol Gate, surmounting the head of Russell West Glacier to the north, and the upper course of Victory Glacier to the southeast.

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

Location

Lepitsa Peak is located at 63°44′30″S 58°38′29″W / 63.74167°S 58.64139°W / -63.74167; -58.64139Coordinates: 63°44′30″S 58°38′29″W / 63.74167°S 58.64139°W / -63.74167; -58.64139, which is 2.19 km east-southeast of Mount Schuyler, 2.88 km south-southeast of Sirius Knoll, 1.49 km west-southwest of Belgun Peak and 5.75 km northwest of Bozveli Peak in Trakiya Heights, and 3.42 km north-northeast of Skoparnik Bluff. 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

Lepitsa 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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