Bozveli Peak

Bozveli Peak (Bulgarian: връх Бозвели, romanized: vrah Bozveli, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈbɔzvɛli]) is the peak rising to 1251 m^[1] in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 3.78 km southeast of Antonov Peak, 2.7 km southwest of Mount Daimler, and 6.45 km north-northeast of Skakavitsa Peak in Kondofrey Heights. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the southwest.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian enlightener Neofit Bozveli (1785-1848), a leader in the struggle for the restoration of the autocephalous Bulgarian Church.

Location[]

Bozveli Peak is located at

63°45′49″S 58°32′09″W / 63.76361°S 58.53583°W / -63.76361; -58.53583Coordinates: 63°45′49″S 58°32′09″W / 63.76361°S 58.53583°W / -63.76361; -58.53583. 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.

Notes[]

References[]

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

External links[]

• Bozveli Peak. Copernix satellite image

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