Blesna Peak (Bulgarian: връх Блесна, romanized: vrah Blesna, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈblɛsnɐ]) is the ice-covered peak of elevation 1261 m[1] in the northeast part of Stribog Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It surmounts Paré Glacier to the west and north, and Laënnec Glacier to the southeast. The peak is named after the medieval fortress of Blesna in Southern Bulgaria.[2]
Location
editBlesna Peak is located at 64°10′23″S 62°17′25″W / 64.17306°S 62.29028°W,[3] which is 7.4 km east of Mount Rokitansky, 7.15 km south of Virchow Hill, 6.12 km southwest of Mount Cabeza, 9.82 km west by north of Petroff Point and 6.95 km northwest of Opizo Peak. It underwent British mapping in 1980 and again in 2008.[2]
References
edit- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
- ^ a b Blesna Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- ^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
External links
edit- Blesna Peak on USGS website
- Blesna Peak on SCAR website
- Blesna Peak. Copernix satellite image
Maps
edit- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
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