Gigen Peak | |
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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.
Gigen Peak is located at 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.
This article includes information from the
Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Gigen Peak | |
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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.
Gigen Peak is located at 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.
This article includes information from the
Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.