Bankya Peak

Coordinates: 63°53′19″S 59°53′23″W / 63.88861°S 59.88972°W / -63.88861; -59.88972
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Bankya Peak
Bankya Peak is located in Antarctica
Bankya Peak
Bankya Peak
Highest point
Peak877 m (2,877 ft)
Coordinates63°53′19″S 59°53′23″W / 63.88861°S 59.88972°W / -63.88861; -59.88972
Naming
EtymologyBankya, Bulgaria
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
AreaGraham Land

Bankya Peak (Bulgarian: връх Банкя, romanizedvrah Bankya, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈbaɲcɐ]) is the peak rising to 877 m (2,877 ft)[1] in Korten Ridge at the base of Svilengrad Peninsula, east of Lanchester Bay and west of Sabine Glacier on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The peak is named after the town of Bankya in western Bulgaria.

Location[edit]

Location of Davis Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Bankya Peak is located at 63°53′19″S 59°53′23″W / 63.88861°S 59.88972°W / -63.88861; -59.88972, which is 5.28 km (3.28 mi) south-southeast of Wennersgaard Point, 6 km (3.7 mi) northeast of Milkov Point, 4.36 km (2.71 mi) north of Chanute Peak and 6.55 km (4.07 mi) west-northwest of Velichkov Knoll. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map[edit]

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

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.