Chiren Heights
| Chiren Heights | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Zdarsky ( 1200 m ) | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 7 ′ S , 64 ° 50 ′ W | |
The Chiren Heights (English, Bulgarian Чиренски възвишения Tschirenski waswischenija ) are an icy ridge on Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend in a northeast-southwest orientation over a length of 21 km and a width of 16 km between Barilari Bay and Holtedahl Bay . They are bounded by the Caulfeild glacier in the south, the Simler snow field in the west, the Hoek glacier in the north-west, the Bilgeri glacier in the north and the Weir glacier in the east. They include Coblentz Peak on the western foothills and Mount Zdarsky in the north-central part.
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Tschiren in northwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Chiren Heights in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)