Utus Peak

Coordinates: 63°45′23″S 58°29′10″W / 63.75639°S 58.48611°W / -63.75639; -58.48611
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Utus Peak
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Highest point
Elevation1,206 m (3,957 ft)
Coordinates63°45′23″S 58°29′10″W / 63.75639°S 58.48611°W / -63.75639; -58.48611
Geography
LocationTrinity Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeTrakiya Heights
Geology
Mountain typeRocky peak

Utus Peak (Bulgarian: връх Утус, romanizedvrah Utus, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈutos]) is the rocky peak rising to 1206 m[1] in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The peak is named after the ancient Roman town of Utus in Northern Bulgaria.

Location[edit]

Utus Peak is located at 63°45′23″S 58°29′10″W / 63.75639°S 58.48611°W / -63.75639; -58.48611, which is 980 m south-southeast of Mount Daimler, 10.97 km southwest of Panhard Nunatak, 8.45 km north of Negovan Crag and 2.58 km east-northeast of Bozveli Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps[edit]

  • 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.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

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