Name details

Peychinov Crag

Peychinov Crag (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Peychinov Crag  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137538

Feature type:

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The narrow rocky nunatak extending 3.58 km in NW-SE direction and 700 m wide, rising to 1300 m in the SW foothills of Aristotle Mountains on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. Situated in upper Flask Glacier, 8.15 km SE of Ushi Cliffs, 12.6 km SW of Madrid Dome, 14.38 km W of Mount Fedallah, and 11.45 km NNE of Mount Zadruga. British mapping in 1976. Named after the settlement of Peychinovo in Northeastern Bulgaria, in connection with the Bulgarian scholar and enlightener Kiril Peychinovich (1770-1845).

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Location

Latitude:
65° 42' 38.0" S
-65.71056°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
63° 08' 12.0" W
-63.13667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
27-Feb-2013

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