Mount Ignatiev
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Mount Ignatiev is a peak rising to 1220 m in the Srednogorie Heights
on Trinity Peninsula
, Antarctic Peninsula
. It is situated 3.3 km south-southeast of Corner Peak
, 8.96 km east-southeast of Hanson Hill
, 12.1 km north of Sirius Knoll
and 7.17 km southwest of Crown Peak
and surmounts Trajan Gate
to the east, Malorad Glacier
to the north and Russell West Glacier
to the south.
The peak is named after the settlement of Graf Ignatievo
in southern Bulgaria, in connection with the Russia
n diplomat Count Nikolay Ignatyev (1832-1908).
Srednogorie Heights
Srednogorie Heights are the heights rising to 1220 m on the northwest side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated east of Bone Bay, west of Louis-Philippe Plateau, north of Russell West Glacier and south of Malorad Glacier...
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....
. It is situated 3.3 km south-southeast of Corner Peak
Corner Peak
Corner Peak is a pyramidal peak, high, with considerable rock exposed on its northern face. Located in the northeastern Srednogorie Heights, east-southeast of Cape Roquemaurel, it marks a corner in the broad glacial valley of Malorad Glacier which rises immediately to the southeast and fans out...
, 8.96 km east-southeast of Hanson Hill
Hanson Hill
Hanson Hill is a snow-covered hill with two lower summits, one to the north and one to the south, standing 4 nautical miles southeast of Cape Roquemaurel and 3 km west-northwest of Zanoge Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. This hill was roughly charted but left unnamed by...
, 12.1 km north of Sirius Knoll
Sirius Knoll
Sirius Knoll is a conspicuous ice-covered knoll, 1,010 m, marking the northeast end of Detroit Plateau in the central part of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and named after Sirius, the dog star.-Map:...
and 7.17 km southwest of Crown Peak
Crown Peak
Crown Peak is an ice-covered peak topped by a conspicuous crown-shaped ice formation. It forms the highest summit and the south end of Marescot Ridge and lies 10 nautical miles east of Cape Roquemaurel on the northwest side of Trinity Peninsula...
and surmounts Trajan Gate
Trajan Gate
Trajan Gate is the flat saddle of elevation ca. 850 m extending 4.3 km on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, which is situated between Malorad Glacier to the north and a Russell West Glacier to the south...
to the east, Malorad Glacier
Malorad Glacier
Malorad Glacier is the 14 km long and 10.5 km wide glacier on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated northeast of Hanson Hill, north of Srednogorie Heights, northwest of Louis-Philippe Plateau and southwest of Marescot Ridge...
to the north and Russell West Glacier
Russell West Glacier
Russell West Glacier is a glacier, 11 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which lies immediately north of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula westward into Bone Bay on the north side of Trinity Peninsula...
to the south.
The peak is named after the settlement of Graf Ignatievo
Graf Ignatievo
Graf Ignatievo is a village in the Maritsa municipality, southern Bulgaria. As of 2006 it has 2015 inhabitants. There is the major military Graf Ignatievo Air Base of great importance used by the Bulgarian Air Force and the US.- External links :* * * *...
in southern Bulgaria, in connection with the Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n diplomat Count Nikolay Ignatyev (1832-1908).
Location
Mount Ignatiev is located at 63°36′37"S 58°39′10"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.