Mediolana Peak
| Mediolana Peak | ||
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| height | 1300 m | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Mountains | Stribog Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 15 '44 " S , 62 ° 15' 49" W | |
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The Mediolana Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Медиолана wrach Mediolana ) is a 1300 m high and icy mountain on the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the northwestern part of Basarbovo Ridge in the Stribog Mountains, it rises 6.8 km east of Mount Parry , 6.2 km southwest of Opizo Peak , 6.22 km west-southwest of Einthoven Hill and 3.23 km northwest of Podem Peak . Its steep southern slopes are partly not iced. The Malpighi Glacier is southwest and the Swetowratschene Glacier is northeast of it.
British scientists mapped it in 1980 and 2008. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the Roman camp Mediolana in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Mediolana Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)