Batkun Peak
| Batkun Peak | ||
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| height | 1100 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Grivitsa Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 30 ′ 13 ″ S , 60 ° 21 ′ 29 ″ W | |
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The Batkun Peak (English, Bulgarian връх Баткун wrach Batkun ) is a 1100 m high mountain at the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 9.77 km southwest of Gusla Peak , 9.43 km northwest of Fothergill Point , 3.43 km northeast of Kableshkov Ridge and 23.22 km southeast of Baldwin Peak in the western part of Grivitsa Ridge . The Darwari Glacier is to the north and the Sajtschar Glacier is south of it.
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the town of Batkun in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Batkun Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)