Srednogorie Heights

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Srednogorie Heights (Bulgarian: Средногорски възвишения, ‘Srednogorski Vazvisheniya’ \sre-dno-'gor-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1220 m (Mount Ignatiev) on the northwest side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated east of Bone Bay, west of Louis-Philippe Plateau, north of Russell West Glacier and south of Malorad Glacier. Extending 7.5 km in east-west direction and 7 km in north-south direction.

The heights are named after Sredna Gora Mountains in central Bulgaria.

Location

Srednogorie Heights are located at 63°37′00″S 58°42′30″W / 63.61667°S 58.70833°W / -63.61667; -58.70833Coordinates: 63°37′00″S 58°42′30″W / 63.61667°S 58.70833°W / -63.61667; -58.70833. 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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