Smin Peak
Map of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation866m
Coordinates63°38′17″S 58°18′53″W / 63.63806°S 58.31472°W / -63.63806; -58.31472
Geography
LocationGraham Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeLouis-Philippe Plateau, Trinity Peninsula

Smin Peak (Bulgarian: връх Смин, romanized: vrah Smin, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈsmin]) is a partly ice-free peak rising to 866 m[1] in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east and south.

The peak is named after the settlement of Smin in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Smin Peak is located at 63°38′17″S 58°18′53″W / 63.63806°S 58.31472°W / -63.63806; -58.31472, which is 2.69 km (1.67 mi) south by west of Hochstetter Peak, 10.06 km (6.25 mi) west-northwest of Levassor Nunatak, 3.87 km (2.40 mi) north of Chochoveni Nunatak and 6.61 km (4.11 mi) northeast of Drenta Bluff. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly 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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