Ketripor Hill

Location of Trinity Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Ketripor Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Кетрипор, ‘Halm Ketripor’ \'h&lm 'ke-tri-por\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 800 m in northwestern Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It surmounts Saldobisa Cove to the northwest and Olusha Cove to the southwest, and has steep and partly ice-free north and east slopes. The hill is named after the Thracian King Ketripor, 352-347 BC.^[1]

Location[]

Ketripor Hill is located at 63°41′45″S 60°46′07��W / 63.69583°S 60.76861°W / -63.69583; -60.76861Coordinates: 63°41′45″S 60°46′07″W / 63.69583°S 60.76861°W / -63.69583; -60.76861. British mapping in 1978.

Maps[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes[]

References[]

• Ketripor Hill. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

• Ketripor Hill. Copernix satellite image

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

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