Volov Peak
Volov Peak (Bulgarian: връх Волов, romanized: vrah Volov, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈvɔɫof]) is the rocky peak rising to 1148 m at the southwest extremity of Korten Ridge on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Temple Glacier to the southwest.
Location of Davis Coast.
The peak is named after Panayot Volov (1850-1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bulgarian independence.
Location
Volov Peak is located at 63°59′06″S 59°55′53″W, which is 16.6 km southeast of Havilland Point, 1.84 km south-southwest of Chubra Peak and 5.5 km west of Mount Bris. 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
- Volov Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Volov 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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