Kavlak Peak
Encyclopedia
Kavlak Peak is the peak rising to 1200 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau
on Nordenskjöld Coast
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. It isituated in the west part of a narrow rocky ridge projecting 5 km eastwards into the upper course of Dinsmoor Glacier
.
The peak is named after the settlement of Kavlak in Northern Bulgaria.
, 6.92 km northwest of Mount Elliott
, 4.88 km north-northeast of Gusla Peak
, and 25.41 km east of Baldwin Peak
on Danco Coast
. British mapping in 1978.
Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau is a major interior plateau of Graham Land, with heights between 1,500 and 1,800 m. Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau. The plateau was observed from the air by...
on Nordenskjöld Coast
Nordenskjold Coast
Nordenskjold Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Longing and Cape Fairweather. The name was proposed in 1909 by Edwin Swift Balch, for Otto Nordenskiöld, Swedish geographer and leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, who explored this coast...
in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. It isituated in the west part of a narrow rocky ridge projecting 5 km eastwards into the upper course of Dinsmoor Glacier
Dinsmoor Glacier
Dinsmoor Glacier is a glacier flowing east from the south edge of Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, joining Edgeworth Glacier to the northeast of Mount Elliott. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...
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The peak is named after the settlement of Kavlak in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Kavlak Peak is located at 64°23′26"S 60°12′32"W, which is 7.17 km west-southwest of Darzalas PeakDarzalas Peak
Darzalas Peak is the rocky, mostly ice-free peak rising to 1300 m in the south foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated between Bombardier and Dinsmoor Glaciers.The peak is named after the Thracian god Darzalas....
, 6.92 km northwest of Mount Elliott
Mount Elliot (Antarctica)
Mount Elliott is a conspicuous mountain, with a few small rock exposures and ice-free cliffs on the southeast side, standing 18 miles northwest of Cape Sobral and 8 miles northeast of Rice Bastion, on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands...
, 4.88 km north-northeast of Gusla Peak
Gusla Peak
Gusla Peak is the peak rising to 1200 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, at the NNW extremity of a narrow 3.9 km long rocky ridge....
, and 25.41 km east of Baldwin Peak
Baldwin Peak
Baldwin Peak is a peak between Lilienthal Glacier and Mount Berry in northern Graham Land. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...
on Danco Coast
Danco Coast
Danco Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard. This coast was explored in January and February 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it for Lieutenant Emile Danco who died on the expedition....
. British mapping in 1978.
Map
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.