Gurgulyat Peak
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Gurgulyat Peak is the peak rising to 1050 m in Kondofrey Heights
on Trinity Peninsula
, Antarctic Peninsula
. Situated 2.08 km southwest of Skakavitsa Peak
, 4 km west by north of Mount Reece
and 10.6 km south of Mount Schuyler
. Surmounting Victory Glacier
to the north.
The peak is named after the settlement of Gurgulyat
in western Bulgaria
.
Kondofrey Heights
Kondofrey Heights are the heights rising to 1119 m on the southeast side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated east of Detroit Plateau, south of Victory Glacier and west of Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea. Linked to Detroit Plateau by Podgumer Col...
on Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...
, Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
. Situated 2.08 km southwest of Skakavitsa Peak
Skakavitsa Peak
Skakavitsa Peak is the peak rising to 1119 m, the summit of Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated in the north part of the heights, 2.08 km northeast of Gurgulyat Peak, 3 km northwest of Mount Reece, 9.93 km south-southeast of Mount Schuyler, and 8.94 km southwest...
, 4 km west by north of Mount Reece
Mount Reece
Mount Reece is a sharp, ice-free peak, 1,085 m, standing 4 nautical miles west of Pitt Point. It is the second highest point of Kondofrey Heights forming the south wall of Victory Glacier on the south side of Trinity Peninsula...
and 10.6 km south of Mount Schuyler
Mount Schuyler
Mount Schuyler is the peak rising to 1435 m off the northeast extremity of Detroit Plateau in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Victory Glacier to the southeast...
. Surmounting Victory Glacier
Victory Glacier
Victory Glacier is a gently sloping glacier, 8 nautical miles long, flowing east-southeast from the north end of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula to Prince Gustav Channel immediately north of Pitt Point. Bounded by Trakiya Heights to the north and Kondofrey Heights to the south...
to the north.
The peak is named after the settlement of Gurgulyat
Gurgulyat
Gurgulyat is a village in Slivnitsa municipality, Sofia Province, located in western Bulgaria approximately 10 km south of the town of Slivnitsa. the village has a population of 40...
in western Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
.
Location
Gurgulyat Peak is located at 63°49′42"S 58°37′22"W. German-British mapping in 1996.Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.