Petleshkov Hill

Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Northwest view of Astrolabe Island roughly centred on Petleshkov Hill, with Drumohar Peak on the left and Rogach Peak in the background

Petleshkov Hill (Bulgarian: Петлешков хълм, ‘Petleshkov Halm’ \pet-'lesh-kov 'h&lm\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 221 m in northwestern Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. It surmounts Mokren Bight to the south.

The feature is “named after (1845-1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bulgarian independence, in connection with the settlement of Petleshkovo in Northeastern Bulgaria.”^[1]

Location[]

Petleshkov Hill is located at

63°18′35″S 58°43′30″W / 63.30972°S 58.72500°WCoordinates:

63°18′35″S 58°43′30″W / 63.30972°S 58.72500°W, which is 1.2 km northeast of Damga Point, 1.32 km southeast of Raduil Point and 2.15 km west of Drumohar Peak. 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.

Notes[]

^ Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References[]

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

External links[]

Petleshkov 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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[1] Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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