Gurgulyat Peak

Gurgulyat Peak (Bulgarian: връх Гургулят, romanized: rah Gurgulyat, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ɡorɡoˈʎat]) is the peak rising to 1050 m in Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.08 km southwest of Skakavitsa Peak, 4 km west by north of Mount Reece and 10.6 km south of Mount Schuyler. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the north.

The peak is named after the settlement of Gurgulyat in western Bulgaria.

Location[]

Gurgulyat Peak is located at

63°49′42″S 58°37′22″W / 63.82833°S 58.62278°W / -63.82833; -58.62278Coordinates: 63°49′42″S 58°37′22″W / 63.82833°S 58.62278°W / -63.82833; -58.62278. 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 upgraded and updated.

References[]

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

External links[]

• Gurgulyat Peak. Copernix satellite image

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