Smin Peak

Smin Peak (Bulgarian: връх Смин, romanized: vrah Smin, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈsmin]) is the partly ice-free peak rising to 850 m in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east and south.

Smin Peak
Location of Trinity Peninsula
LocationGraham Land, Antarctica
Coordinates63°38′17″S 58°18′53″W
Part ofLouis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula
Highest point850 m

The peak is named after the settlement of Smin in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Smin Peak is located at 63°38′17″S 58°18′53″W, which is 2.69 km (1.67 mi) south by west of Hochstetter Peak, 10.06 km (6.25 mi) west-northwest of Levassor Nunatak, 3.87 km (2.40 mi) north of Chochoveni Nunatak and 6.61 km (4.11 mi) northeast of Drenta Bluff. 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


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


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