Tikale Peak
Tikale Peak (Bulgarian: връх Тикале, romanized: vrah Tikale, IPA: [ˈvrɤx tiˈkalɛ]) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 613 m[1] in southeastern Poibrene Heights on Blagoevgrad Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
The feature is named after the settlement of Tikale in southern Bulgaria.
Location
[edit]Tikale Peak is located at 65°11′44″S 61°47′03″W / 65.19556°S 61.78417°W, which is 5.5 km north of Kunino Point, 5.55 km southeast of Ravnogor Peak and 9.85 km northwest of Foyn Point.
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.
References
[edit]- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
- Tikale Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit]- Tikale Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.