Utus Peak

Utus Peak (Bulgarian: връх Утус, romanized: vrah Utus, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈutos]) is the rocky peak rising to 1206 m[1] in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

Utus Peak
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Highest point
Elevation1,206 m (3,957 ft)
Coordinates63°45′23″S 58°29′10″W
Geography
LocationTrinity Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeTrakiya Heights
Geology
Mountain typeRocky peak

The peak is named after the ancient Roman town of Utus in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Utus Peak is located at 63°45′23″S 58°29′10″W, which is 980 m south-southeast of Mount Daimler, 10.97 km southwest of Panhard Nunatak, 8.45 km north of Negovan Crag and 2.58 km east-northeast of Bozveli 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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