Chakarov Peak (Bulgarian: Чакъров връх, romanized: Chakarov Vrah, IPA: [t͡ʃɐˈkɤrov ˈvrɤx]) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 883 m[1] in Poibrene Heights on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is overlooking Punchbowl Glacier to the west.
The feature is named after Asen Chakarov, engineer in the first Bulgarian Antarctic campaign in 1987/88.
Location
editChakarov Peak is located at 65°08′50″S 61°54′54″W / 65.14722°S 61.91500°W, which is 2.95 km west-northwest of Ravnogor Peak, 3.94 km north-northwest of Kaloyanov Peak, 4.7 km east of Andreev Nunatak and 3.8 km south-southwest of St. Sava Peak.
Maps
edit- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
Notes
edit- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
edit- Chakarov Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Chakarov 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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