Srednogorie Heights

Coordinates: 63°37′00″S 58°42′30″W / 63.61667°S 58.70833°W / -63.61667; -58.70833 (Srednogorie Heights)
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Srednogorie Heights
Massif
Srednogorie Heights is located in Antarctica
Srednogorie Heights
Coordinates: 63°37′00″S 58°42′30″W / 63.61667°S 58.70833°W / -63.61667; -58.70833 (Srednogorie Heights)
LocationTrinity Peninsula, Graham Land

Srednogorie Heights (63°37′00″S 58°42′30″W / 63.61667°S 58.70833°W / -63.61667; -58.70833 (Srednogorie Heights)) are the heights rising to 1220 m (Mount Ignatiev) on the northwest side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula.[1]

Location

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Srednogorie Heights towards northwest end

Srednogorie Heights are in Graham Land, facing the Bransfield Strait to the north.[2][3] They are situated east of

Malorad Glacier
. They extend 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) in an east-west direction and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) in a north-south direction. The heights are named after Sredna Gora Mountains in central Bulgaria.[1]

Features

Features, from west to east, include

Zanoge Hill

63°34′55″S 58°46′05″W / 63.58194°S 58.76806°W / -63.58194; -58.76806. An ice-covered hill rising to 710 metres (2,330 ft) high and forming the northwest extremity of Srednogorie Heights. Situated 6.53 kilometres (4.06 mi) northwest of Mount Ignatiev, 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) north of Greben Hill, 2.96 kilometres (1.84 mi) east-northeast of

Corner Peak
. Surmounting
Malorad Glacier
to the east and north. Named after the settlement of Zanoge in Western Bulgaria.[4]

Greben Hill

63°36′19″S 58°46′11″W / 63.60528°S 58.76972°W / -63.60528; -58.76972. A hill rising to 924 metres (3,031 ft) high in Srednogorie Heights. Situated 2.81 kilometres (1.75 mi) north-northwest of Ledenika Peak, 5.12 kilometres (3.18 mi) southwest of Corner Peak and 3.42 kilometres (2.13 mi) southeast of Hanson Hill. Surmounting Malorad Glacier to the north. Named after Greben Mountain in Western Bulgaria.[5]

Ledenika Peak

63°37′42″S 58°44′48″W / 63.62833°S 58.74667°W / -63.62833; -58.74667. A peak rising to 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) high in Srednogorie Heights. Situated 2.68 kilometres (1.67 mi) southwest of Razvigor Peak, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of Hanson Hill, 6.66 kilometres (4.14 mi) east of

Sirius Knoll
. Surmounting Malorad Glacier to the north and Russell West Glacier to the south. Named after Ledenika Cave in Northwestern Bulgaria.[6]

Razvigor Peak

63°36′53″S 58°42′07″W / 63.61472°S 58.70194°W / -63.61472; -58.70194. A peak rising to 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) high in Srednogorie Heights. Situated 2.49 kilometres (1.55 mi) west-southwest of Mount Ignatiev, 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) south-southwest of Corner Peak, 6.86 kilometres (4.26 mi) east-southeast of Hanson Hill, 2.68 kilometres (1.67 mi) northeast of Ledenika Peak and 11.76 kilometres (7.31 mi) north of Sirius Knoll. Surmounting

Malorad Glacier
to the north and Russell West Glacier to the south. Named after the settlement of Razvigorovo in Northeastern Bulgaria.[7]

Mount Ignatiev

63°36′37″S 58°39′10″W / 63.61028°S 58.65278°W / -63.61028; -58.65278. A peak rising to 1,220 metres (4,000 ft) high in Srednogorie Heights. Situated 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) south-southeast of Corner Peak, 8.96 kilometres (5.57 mi) east-southeast of Hanson Hill, 12.1 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Sirius Knoll and 7.17 kilometres (4.46 mi) southwest of

Crown Peak
. Surmounting
Malorad Glacier to the north and Russell West Glacier
to the south. Named after the settlement of Graf Ignatievo in Southern Bulgaria, in connection with the Russian diplomat Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832-1908).[8]

Daveri Hill

63°35′27″S 58°38′56″W / 63.59083°S 58.64889°W / -63.59083; -58.64889. An ice-covered hill rising to 834 metres (2,736 ft) high at the northeast extremity of Srednogorie Heights. Situated 2.17 kilometres (1.35 mi) north of Mount Ignatiev, 1.74 kilometres (1.08 mi) southeast of Corner Peak, 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) southwest of Crown Peak and 2.89 kilometres (1.80 mi) west-northwest of Lambuh Knoll. Surmounting Malorad Glacier to the north. Named after the settlement of Daveri in Northern Bulgaria.[9]

Lambuh Knoll

63°35′55″S 58°35′36″W / 63.59861°S 58.59333°W / -63.59861; -58.59333. An ice-covered hill rising to 924 metres (3,031 ft)

Louis-Philippe Plateau
and Srednogorie Heights. Situated at the north entrance to Trajan Gate, 3.21 kilometres (1.99 mi) east-northeast of Mount Ignatiev, 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) south by west of Crown Peak, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) southwest of
Lardigo Peak
and 13.78 kilometres (8.56 mi) north-northeast of Sirius Knoll. Surmounting Malorad Glacier to the northwest. Named after the settlement of Lambuh in Southern Bulgaria.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Srednogorie Heights SCAR.
  2. ^ Trinity Peninsula AG and BAS.
  3. ^ Graham Land and South Shetland BAS.
  4. ^ Zanoge Hill SCAR.
  5. ^ Greben Hill SCAR.
  6. ^ Ledenika Peak SCAR.
  7. ^ Razvigor Peak SCAR.
  8. ^ Mount Ignatiev SCAR.
  9. ^ Daveri Hill SCAR.
  10. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
  11. ^ Lambuh Knoll SCAR.

Sources

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