Location of Danco Coast.

Pishtachev Peak (Bulgarian: Пищачев връх, romanized: Pishtachev vrah, IPA: [piˈʃtat͡ʃɛv ˈvrɤx]) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1283 m[1] between Rozier Glacier and Blanchard Glacier on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian cartographer Toma Pishtachev (1876-1955).

Location

Pishtachev Peak is located at 64°44′00″S 62°06′27″W / 64.73333°S 62.10750°W / -64.73333; -62.10750, which is 5.3 km east of Sophie Cliff, 5.67 km south-southeast of Garnerin Point, and 5.57 km southwest of Sadler Point. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

  1. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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