Ogled Peak

Ogled Peak (Bulgarian: връх Оглед, romanized: vrah Ogled, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈɔɡlɛt]) is the ice-covered peak rising to over 700 m in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is overlooking Bransfield Strait to the north.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The peak is named after the settlement of Ogled in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Ogled Peak is located at 63°30′20.5″S 58°18′18″W, which is 3.66 km northwest of Tintyava Peak, 12.11 km north of Hochstetter Peak and 10.76 km northeast 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

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

External links

Ogled Peak. Copernix satellite image

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

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