Matov Peak
| Matov Peak | ||
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| height | 1350 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 2 '54 " S , 60 ° 7' 15" W | |
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The Matov Peak (English, Bulgarian Матов връх Matow wrach ) is a 1350 m high and icy mountain in the northwestern foothills of Detroit Plateau on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 4.1 km south of Hargrave Hill , 16.26 km south-southeast of Havilland Point , 11.7 km southwest of Volov Peak , 15.95 km west of Ezdimir Buttress and 15.95 km northeast of Mount Ader . Its steep western and southern slopes are partly uncovered.
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 Christo Matow (1872–1922), a leader of the Bulgarian Freedom Movement in Macedonia .
Web links
- Matov Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)