Kokiche Col
Encyclopedia
Kokiche Col is the ice-covered col of elevation over 800 m extending 650 m on Trinity Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica, which is linking Aureole Hills
to the northwest to Detroit Plateau
to the southeast.
The col is named after the settlement of Kokiche in Southern Bulgaria.
, 12.15 km east by north of Poynter Hill
, 5 km south by east of Tinsel Dome
and 7.79 km southwest of Zlatolist Hill
. German-British mapping in 1996.
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...
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, which is linking Aureole Hills
Aureole Hills
The Aureole Hills are a pair of smooth, conical, ice-covered hills, the higher reaching to , standing close west of the north end of Detroit Plateau, Trinity Peninsula on Antarctica. The descriptive name was given by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following its survey of 1948.-Map:* ...
to the northwest to Detroit Plateau
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...
to the southeast.
The col is named after the settlement of Kokiche in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Kokiche Col is centred at 63°46′24"S 58°53′56"W, which is 3.5 km north of Bendida PeakBendida Peak
Bendida Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 1200 m in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...
, 12.15 km east by north of Poynter Hill
Poynter Hill
Poynter Hill is a conspicuous hill, height , standing 8 nautical miles east-southeast of Cape Kjellman on the west side of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, it was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1950 after Mr...
, 5 km south by east of Tinsel Dome
Tinsel Dome
Tinsel Dome is a small ice-covered hill, 700 m, standing between Aureole Hills and Bone Bay on Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey who gave this descriptive name.-Map:...
and 7.79 km southwest of Zlatolist Hill
Zlatolist Hill
Zlatolist Hill is the ice-covered hill rising to 956 m in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.