Tintyava Peak
Tintyava Peak (Bulgarian: връх Тинтява, romanized: vrah Tintyava, IPA: [ˈvrɤx tinˈtʲavɐ]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1026 m[1] in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting the upper course of Sestrimo Glacier to the east-southeast.
The peak is named after the settlement of Tintyava in Southern Bulgaria.
Location[edit]
Tintyava Peak is located at 63°31′02″S 58°14′10″W / 63.51722°S 58.23611°W, which is 2.28 km west-southwest of Mount D’Urville, 9.57 km north-northwest of Kukuryak Bluff and 13.16 km east-northeast of Lardigo 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]
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References[edit]
- Tintyava Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links[edit]
- Tintyava 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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