Rogach Peak
Encyclopedia
Rogach Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 562 m on Astrolabe Island
in Graham Land
, Antarctica, summit of the island.
The peak is named after the settlement of Rogach in Southern Bulgaria
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and 1.9 km south-southeast of Drumohar Peak
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Astrolabe Island
Astrolabe Island is an island long, lying in the Bransfield Strait northwest of Cape Ducorps, Trinity Peninsula. It was discovered by the French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him for his chief expedition ship, the Astrolabe....
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, summit of the island.
The peak is named after the settlement of Rogach in Southern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Location
Rogach Peak is located at 63°19′19"S 58°39′45"W, which is 2.28 km northeast of Sherrell PointSherrell Point
Sherrell Point is a point at the south end of Astrolabe Island, off Trinity Peninsula. Situated 4.5 km southeast of Raduil Point and 2.28 km southwest of Rogach Peak. Named for Frederick W. Sherrell, surveyor and geologist in this area with the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey...
and 1.9 km south-southeast of Drumohar Peak
Drumohar Peak
Drumohar Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 553 m on Astrolabe Island in Graham Land, Antarctica.The peak is named after the settlement of Drumohar in Western Bulgaria.-Location:...
. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.