Volov Peak
| Volov Peak | ||
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| height | 1148 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Korten Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 59 ′ 6 " S , 59 ° 55 ′ 53" W | |
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The Volov Peak (English, Bulgarian връх Волов wrach Wolow ) is a 1148 m high and rocky mountain on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the southwestern extension of the Korten Ridge, it rises southwest of the Temple Glacier 16.6 km southeast of Havilland Point , 1.84 km south-southwest of Chubra Peak and 5.5 km west of Mount Bris .
German and British scientists mapped it together in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the Bulgarian freedom fighter Panayot Wolow (1850–1876).
Web links
- Volov Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)