Gigen Peak
| Gigen Peak | ||
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| height | 1092 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Erul Heights | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 41 '19 " S , 58 ° 24' 53" W | |
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The Gigen Peak (English, Bulgarian връх Гиген wrach Gigen ) is a 1092 m high and rocky mountain in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Trinity Peninsula, it rises as the highest peak of the Erul Heights on the south side of the Benz Pass at distances of 14.39 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev , 7.97 km north-northeast of Mount Daimler and 6.67 km west-northwest of Panhard Nunatak on. The Russell East Glacier lies to the west and south, and the Cugnot Piedmont Glacier to the east.
German and British scientists carried out its mapping in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Gigen in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Gigen Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)