Coburg Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Coburg Peak (Bulgarian: връх Кобург, ‘Vrah Coburg’ \'vr&h 'ko-burg\) is the rocky peak rising to 783 m in Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the northeast.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian royal house of Coburg (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), 1887-1946.

Location

Coburg Peak is located at 63°41′42″S 58°20′57″W / 63.69500°S 58.34917°W / -63.69500; -58.34917Coordinates: 63°41′42″S 58°20′57″W / 63.69500°S 58.34917°W / -63.69500; -58.34917, which is 1.25 km west-northwest of Obidim Peak, 1.25 km west-northwest of Obidim Peak, 4.69 km northeast of Siniger Nunatak, 3.32 km east-southeast of Gigen Peak and 3.34 km southwest of Chochoveni Nunatak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Coburg Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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