Trakiya Heights are the heights rising to 1336 m (Irakli Peak

Irakli Peak

Irakli Peak is the peak rising to 1336 m in the northwest part of Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 1.43 km northeast of Antonov Peak, 3.24 km southwest of Mount Canicula, 3.87 km west-northwest of Mount Daimler and 3.56 km north-northwest of Bozveli Peak...

) 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....

. Bounded by 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 north, Srem Gap

Srem Gap

Srem Gap is the flat saddle of elevation over 700 m extending 1.35 km on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, which is situated between Russell West Glacier to the northwest and a tributary glacier to Russell East Glacier to the southeast...

 and Russell East Glacier

Russell East Glacier

Russell East Glacier is a glacier, 6 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, which lies at the north end of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula eastward into Prince Gustav Channel on the south side of Trinity Peninsula...

 to the northeast, 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 southwest and Zlidol Gate

Zlidol Gate

Zlidol Gate is the saddle of elevation over 800 m on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula separating Detroit Plateau to the west from Trakiya Heights to the east...

 to the northwest. Surmounting Prince Gustav Channel

Prince Gustav Channel

The Prince Gustav Channel was named in 1903 after Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden by Otto Nordenskiöld of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.The channel is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula and on the east by James Ross Island...

, Weddell Sea

Weddell Sea

The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha Coast, Queen Maud Land. To the east of Cape Norvegia is...

 to the southeast. Extending 10 km in northwest-southeast direction and 5.9 km in northeast-southwest direction.

The heights are named after the historical region of Trakiya (Thrace)

Thrace

Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...

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Location

Trakiya Heights are located at 63°45′07"S 58°31′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.