Dymcoff Crag

Dymcoff Crag (Bulgarian: Димков камък, ‘Dymcoff Kamak’ \'dim-kov 'ka-m&k\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1350 m in Lovech Heights on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts Rogosh Glacier to the west and south. The feature is named after the Bulgarian engineer Nicolas Dymcoff (1861-1937), whose project ‘Étoile de la Concorde’ published in 1917 envisaged the establishment of a world organization for the preservation of peace and fostering cooperation among nations.

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Location

Dymcoff Crag is located at 64°54′02″S 61°14′16″W, which is 4 km southwest of Mount Persenk, 8.15 km north of Skilly Peak, and 6.9 km east of Kumanovo Peak in Ivanili Heights. British mapping in 1978.

Maps
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References


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


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