Povien Peak
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Povien Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 1550 m between the upper courses of Marla
Marla Glacier
Marla Glacier is the 14 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated south of Aitkenhead Glacier and north of Diplock Glacier...

 and Diplock Glacier
Diplock Glacier
Diplock Glacier is a narrow straight glacier, 10 miles long, flowing eastward from Detroit Plateau, on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, into Prince Gustav Channel 5 miles south of Alectoria Island. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . Named by United Kingdom Antarctic...

s, in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau is a major interior plateau of Graham Land, with heights between 1,500 and 1,800 m. Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau. The plateau was observed from the air by...

 on southern 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. Bezenšek Spur
Bezenšek Spur
Bezenšek Spur is the 5.5 km long and 800 m wide rocky ridge rising to 900 m in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...

 is projecting east-southeastwards from the peak.

The feature is named after the settlement of Povien in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Povien Peak is located at 63°58′56"S 58°58′12"W, which is 9.48 km southwest of Mancho Buttress
Mancho Buttress
Mancho Buttress is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1250 m on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica...

, 7.3 km west-northwest of Mount Roberts, 6.67 km north-northwest of Rayko Nunatak
Rayko Nunatak
Rayko Nunatak is the rocky hill rising to 750 m in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, surmounting Diplock Glacier to the north and Zavera Snowfield to the southeast....

 and 11 km southeast of Ebony Wall
Ebony Wall
Ebony Wall is a dark, nearly vertical rock wall which rises about 400 m at the head of Pettus Glacier. The wall is about 2 nautical miles long and forms a part of the west escarpment of Detroit Plateau near the base of Trinity Peninsula...

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