Lobosh Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Lobosh Peak (Bulgarian: връх Лобош, ‘Vrah Lobosh’ \'vr&h 'lo-bosh\) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1000 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, east of the upper course of Boydell Glacier. The feature has precipitous, mostly ice-free west slopes, and surmounts Boydell Glacier to the west and south.

The peak is named after the settlement of Lobosh in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Lobosh Peak is located at 64°06′00″S 59°08′21″W / 64.10000°S 59.13917°W / -64.10000; -59.13917Coordinates: 64°06′00″S 59°08′21″W / 64.10000°S 59.13917°W / -64.10000; -59.13917, which is 15.5 km southwest of Povien Peak, 7.11 km west by south of Petkov Nunatak, 3.12 km northwest of the summit of Kopito Ridge, 5.18 km north-northeast of Mureno Peak and 8.34 km east-northeast of Seydol Crag.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Lobosh 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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