Kozhuh Peak
| Kozhuh Peak | ||
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| height | 1250 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Elgar Uplands | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 40 ′ 42 " S , 70 ° 55 ′ 17" W | |
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The Kozhuh Peak ( Bulgarian връх Кожух wrach Koschuch ) is a 1250 m high and icy mountain on the west side of the Elgar Uplands on the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 9.26 km northwest of Mount Pinafore , 8.92 km northeast of the Appalachia Nunatakker and 19.1 km southeast of the Shaw Nunatak . The Delius Glacier is north and the Bartók Glacier is south-southwest of it.
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2017 after the extinct volcano Koschuch in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kozhuh Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)