Ishirkov Crag
Ishirkov Crag | ||
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height | 1300 m | |
location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
Mountains | Aristotle Mountains | |
Coordinates | 65 ° 37 '50 " S , 62 ° 56' 34" W | |
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The Ishirkov Crag (English, Bulgarian Иширков камък Ischirkow kamak ) is a 1,300 m high mountain in the Aristotle Mountains on the Oscar-II. coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . As the highest peak of Arkovna Ridge, it rises 14.57 km southwest of Devetaki Peak , 23.48 km west of Delusion Point and 5.4 km north-northwest of Rilets Peak . The Crane Glacier is northwest and the Mapple Glacier is southeast of it.
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the Bulgarian geographer Anastas Ischirkow (1868–1937) and the village named after him Profesor Ischirkowo in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Ishirkov Crag in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)