Gigen Peak
| Gigen Peak | |
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 Location of Trinity Peninsula.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,083 m (3,553 ft) |
| Coordinates | 63°41′19″S 58°24′53″W / 63.68861°S 58.41472°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Erul Heights in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula |
Gigen Peak (Bulgarian: връх Гиген, romanized: vrah Gigen, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ɡiˈɡɛn]) is the summit of Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, rising to 1083 m[1] on the south side of Benz Pass, and surmounting Russell East Glacier to the west and south, and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east.
The peak is named after the settlement of Gigen in northern Bulgaria.
Location[]
Gigen Peak is located at 63°41′19″S 58°24′53″W / 63.68861°S 58.41472°WCoordinates: 63°41′19″S 58°24′53″W / 63.68861°S 58.41472°W, which is 14.39 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev, 7.97 km north-northeast of Mount Daimler and 6.67 km west-northwest of Panhard Nunatak. 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). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes[]
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References[]
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links[]
- Gigen 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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