Volov Peak (Bulgarian: връх Волов, romanized: vrah Volov, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈvɔɫof]) is the rocky peak rising to 1202 m[1] at the southwest extremity of Korten Ridge on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Temple Glacier to the southwest.
The peak is named after Panayot Volov (1850-1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bulgarian independence.
Location edit
Volov Peak is located at 63°59′06″S 59°55′53″W / 63.98500°S 59.93139°W, which is 16.6 km southeast of Havilland Point, 1.84 km south-southwest of Chubra Peak and 5.5 km west of Mount Bris. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map edit
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
Notes edit
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References edit
- Volov Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Volov 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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