Nicolai Peak
| Nicolai Peak | ||
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| height | 1300 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Havre Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 12 '18 " S , 71 ° 52' 39" W | |
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The Nicolai Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Николай wrach Nikolaj ) is a 1,300 m high and icy mountain in the Havre Mountains in the north of the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 11.18 km east-northeast of Buneva Point , 13.5 km southeast of Cape Vostok , 6.54 km southwest of Satovcha Peak and 7 km north-northeast of Simon Peak . The Lennon Glacier is north and east, the Pipkow Glacier is south of it. Its steep south-west slopes are partly not icy.
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2017 after the Bulgarian opera singer Elena Nikolai (1905-1993).
Web links
- Nicolai Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)