Coburg Peak

Coordinates: 63°41′42″S 58°20′57″W / 63.69500°S 58.34917°W / -63.69500; -58.34917
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Coburg Peak
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Highest point
Elevation754 m (2,474 ft)

Coburg Peak (Bulgarian: връх Кобург, romanizedvrah Koburg, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈkɔbork]) is the rocky peak rising to 754 m[1] in Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the northeast.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian royal house of Coburg (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), 1887–1946.

Location[edit]

Coburg Peak is located at 63°41′42″S 58°20′57″W / 63.69500°S 58.34917°W / -63.69500; -58.34917, which is 1.25 km west-northwest of Obidim Peak, 4.69 km northeast of Siniger Nunatak, 3.32 km east-southeast of Gigen Peak and 3.34 km southwest of Chochoveni Nunatak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps[edit]

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.