Lopyan Crag
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Lopyan Crag is the narrow rocky hill extending 1.7 km in NW-SE direction and rising to 583 m in Erul Heights
Erul Heights
Erul Heights are the heights rising to 1092 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are bounded by Russell East Glacier to the south and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the north, extending 8 km from Benz Pass in east-southeast direction towards Smokinya Cove, and surmounting Prince...

 on Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...

 in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

, Antarctica. It is surmounting Russell East Glacier
Russell East Glacier
Russell East Glacier is a glacier, 6 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, which lies at the north end of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula eastward into Prince Gustav Channel on the south side of Trinity Peninsula...

 to the south.

The hill is named after the settlement of Lopyan in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Lopyan Crag is located at 63°42′11"S 58°23′29"W, which is 1.98 km southeast of Gigen Peak
Gigen Peak
Gigen Peak is the summit of Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, rising to 1092 m on the south side of Benz Pass, and surmounting Russell East Glacier to the west and south, and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east....

, 2.27 km southwest of Coburg Peak
Coburg Peak
Coburg Peak is the rocky peak rising to 783 m in Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the northeast.The peak is named after the Bulgarian royal house of Coburg , 1887-1946....

, 4.96 km west by north of Panhard Nunatak
Panhard Nunatak
Panhard Nunatak is the nearest nunatak to the coast on the north side of Russell East Glacier, surmounting Smokinya Cove in Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Rene Panhard , French engineer who in 1891 was jointly responsible with E...

, 2.64 km northeast of Siniger Nunatak
Siniger Nunatak
Siniger Nunatak is the rocky hill rising to over 500 m in the upper course of Russell East Glacier on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.The nunatak is named after the settlement of Siniger in Southern Bulgaria.-Location:...

 and 3.63 km east of Roman Knoll
Roman Knoll
Roman Knoll is the ice-covered hill rising to over 800 m between Mount Canicula and Erul Heights, on the southeast side of Verdikal Gap on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...

. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
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