Name details

Bruguière Peak

Bruguière Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bruguière Peak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137797

Feature type: Peak (2d)

Origin

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

Narrative

The sharp rocky peak rising to 2300 m near the end of the side ridge that trends 9.15 km northeastwards from Mount Giovinetto on the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated 6.44 km NE of Mount Giovinetto, 1.45 km NE of Enitsa Peak, 6.83 km W of Mount Jumper, 4.58 km NNW of Versinikia Peak and 5.95 km N by E of Evans Peak. Surmounting Rumyana Glacier to the SE and Delyo Glacier to the NW. US mapping in 1961 and 1988. Named after the French zoologist Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1750-1798) who sailed with Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec to Kerguelen Islands in 1772, becoming the first scientist after Edmund Halley to visit the Antarctic region.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 15' 17.0" S
-78.25472°
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Longitude:
85° 51' 45.0" W
-85.86250°
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Altitude:
2300 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Jan-2014

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