Casanovas Peak is the ice dome rising to 325 m at the base of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula

Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula

Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 13 km in length in north-south direction and is 8 km wide...

 on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

. Surmounting Etar Snowfield

Etar Snowfield

Etar Snowfield is a roughly crescent-shaped snowfield draining the west slopes of Oryahovo Heights and the north slopes of Rotch Dome into Barclay Bay between Mercury Bluff and Rowe Point, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It extends inland, and in south-southwest to...

 to the northwest, Berkovitsa Glacier

Berkovitsa Glacier

Berkovitsa Glacier is a glacier on Livingston Island, Antarctica. It is bounded by the southeastern slopes of Oryahovo Heights and the northwestern slopes of Snow Peak...

 to the northeast and Verila Glacier

Verila Glacier

Verila Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is bounded by Rotch Dome to the west, Casanovas Peak and Snow Peak to the north, and Ustra Peak to the southeast...

 to the south.

The feature is named for Àlex Simón i Casanovas

Àlex Simón i Casanovas

Àlex Simón i Casanovas is a Catalonian mountain guide, climbing teacher and outdoor instructor...

, mountain guides’ team leader at Juan Carlos I Base

Juan Carlos I Base

Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, named after the king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, is a seasonal scientific station operated by Spain, opened in January 1988...

 in 2001-06, who surveyed the peak during the 2000-01 austral summer.

Location

The peak is located at 62°34′59"S 60°42′43"W which is 3 km west of Snow Peak

Snow Peak (Antarctica)

Snow Peak is a snow-covered peak rising to 428 m in western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Linked by a saddle to Casanovas Peak in the west, and surmounting Berkovitsa Glacier to the northwest, Tundzha Glacier to the east and Verila Glacier to the southwest.The...

 and 9.3 km northeast of Rotch Dome

Rotch Dome

Rotch Dome is the sloping ice dome rising to 360 m immediately east of Byers Peninsula, and between Barclay Bay and Walker Bay in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

Reference

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.