Tintyava Peak

Tintyava Peak (Bulgarian: връх Тинтява, romanized: vrah Tintyava, IPA: [ˈvrɤx tinˈtʲavɐ]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1026 m[1] in the north foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting the upper course of Sestrimo Glacier to the east-southeast.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

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

Location

Tintyava Peak is located at 63°31′02″S 58°14′10″W, which is 2.28 km west-southwest of Mount D’Urville, 9.57 km north-northwest of Kukuryak Bluff and 13.16 km east-northeast of Lardigo Peak. 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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