Kotlari Peak

Kotlari Peak (Bulgarian: връх Котлари, romanized: vrah Kotlari, IPA: [ˈvrɤx kotˈɫari]) is the mostly ice-covered peak of elevation 1152 m[1] in the central part of Gutsal Ridge in Stribog Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts Balanstra Glacier to the northeast and Hippocrates Glacier to the southwest.

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The peak is named after the settlement of Kotlari in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Kotlari Peak is located at 64°20′38″S 62°20′46″W, which is 4.73 km southeast of Trambesh Peak, 8.64 km west-southwest of Momino Point, 1.88 km northwest of Zelenika Peak and 3 km northeast of Mount Imhotep. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

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

References
Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Stribog Mountains occupy most of the central and the right, near part of the island.

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


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