
Nove Peak
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Nove Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to over 1000 m in the south part of Marescot Ridge
on Trinity Peninsula
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. It is surmounting the head of Malorad Glacier
to the southwest.
The peak is named after the ancient Roman
town of Nove in Northern Bulgaria.
, 6.57 km northeast of Corner Peak
, 6.8 km south by east of Marescot Point
and 4.52 km west-northwest of Lardigo Peak
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Marescot Ridge
Marescot Ridge is a ridge consisting of numerous ice-covered hills, the highest being Crown Peak at the south end of the ridge. Located 2 nautical miles inland from Marescot Point along the northwest coast of Trinity Peninsula...
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 the head of Malorad Glacier
Malorad Glacier
Malorad Glacier is the 14 km long and 10.5 km wide glacier on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated northeast of Hanson Hill, north of Srednogorie Heights, northwest of Louis-Philippe Plateau and southwest of Marescot Ridge...
to the southwest.
The peak is named after the ancient Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
town of Nove in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Nove Peak is located at 63°32′59"S 58°34′12"W, which is 1.07 km north of Crown PeakCrown Peak
Crown Peak is an ice-covered peak topped by a conspicuous crown-shaped ice formation. It forms the highest summit and the south end of Marescot Ridge and lies 10 nautical miles east of Cape Roquemaurel on the northwest side of Trinity Peninsula...
, 6.57 km northeast of Corner Peak
Corner Peak
Corner Peak is a pyramidal peak, high, with considerable rock exposed on its northern face. Located in the northeastern Srednogorie Heights, east-southeast of Cape Roquemaurel, it marks a corner in the broad glacial valley of Malorad Glacier which rises immediately to the southeast and fans out...
, 6.8 km south by east of Marescot Point
Marescot Point
Marescot Point is a small but distinctive low rocky point projecting north from Trinity Peninsula, 2.5 nautical miles east of Thanaron Point...
and 4.52 km west-northwest of Lardigo Peak
Lardigo Peak
Lardigo Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 1158 m in Snegotin Ridge on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.The peak is named after Lardigo Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.-Location:...
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.