Belgun Peak

Belgun Peak (Bulgarian: връх Белгун, romanized: vrah Belgun, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ bɛɫˈɡun]) is the ice-covered peak with precipitous, partly ice-free west slopes, rising to 1205 m in the northwest extremity of Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the east side of Zlidol Gate, surmounting the head of Russell West Glacier to the north, and the upper course of Victory Glacier to the south.

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

Location[]

Belgun Peak is located at

63°44′16″S 58°36′45″W / 63.73778°S 58.61250°W / -63.73778; -58.61250Coordinates: 63°44′16″S 58°36′45″W / 63.73778°S 58.61250°W / -63.73778; -58.61250, which is 890 m northwest of Antonov Peak, 4.6 km northeast of Skoparnik Bluff, 1.49 km east-northeast of Lepitsa Peak, 3.56 km east of Mount Schuyler on Detroit Plateau, 3.41 km southeast of Sirius Knoll and 5.2 km west-southwest of Mount Canicula. 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), 1993–2016.

References[]

• Belgun Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

• Belgun Peak. Copernix satellite image

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