Bankya Peak
| Bankya Peak | ||
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| height | 840 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 53 '19 " S , 59 ° 53' 23" W | |
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The Bankya Peak (English, Bulgarian връх Банкя wrach Bankja ) is a 840 m high mountain on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 5.28 km southeast of Wennersgaard Point , 6 km northeast of Milkov Point , 4.36 km north of Chanute Peak and 6.55 km west-northwest of Velichkov Knoll east of Lanchester Bay and west of Sabine Glacier .
German and British scientists mapped it together in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Bankja in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Bankya Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)