Name details

Satovcha Peak

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

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

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Id 138268

Feature type: Peak ( 2d )

Origin

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

Narrative

The mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1400 m in Havre Mountains, northern Alexander Island. Situated 14.88 km ESE of Cape Vostok, 5.6 km SSE of Boyn Ridge, 13.23 km W by N of Mount Newman and 7.73 km NW of Igralishte Peak. Surmounts Bongrain Ice Piedmont to the NE and Lennon Glacier to the SW. Precipitous and partly ice-free S slopes. Vicinity visited on 4 January 1988 by the geological team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (British Antarctic Survey). British mapping in 1971.

Named For

Named after the settlement of Satovcha in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Latitude:
69° 09' 27.0" S
-69.15750°
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Longitude:
71° 46' 52.0" W
-71.78111°
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Altitude:
1400 m
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Images

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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Mar-2017

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