Nove Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Nove Peak (Bulgarian: връх Нове, ‘Vrah Nove’ \'vr&h 'no-ve\) is the ice-covered peak rising to over 1000 m in the south part of Marescot Ridge on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting the head of Malorad Glacier to the southwest.

The peak is named after the ancient Roman town of Nove in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Nove Peak is located at 63°32′59″S 58°34′12″W / 63.54972°S 58.57000°W / -63.54972; -58.57000Coordinates: 63°32′59″S 58°34′12″W / 63.54972°S 58.57000°W / -63.54972; -58.57000, which is 1.07 km north of Crown Peak, 6.57 km northeast of Corner Peak, 6.8 km south by east of Marescot Point and 4.52 km west-northwest of Lardigo Peak. 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). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

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

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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