Utus Peak is the rocky peak rising to 1217 m in Trakiya Heights

Trakiya Heights

Trakiya Heights are the heights rising to 1336 m on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Russell West Glacier to the north, Srem Gap and Russell East Glacier to the northeast, Victory Glacier to the southwest and Zlidol Gate to the northwest. Surmounting Prince Gustav Channel,...

 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.

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 Utus in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Utus Peak is located at 63°45′23"S 58°29′10"W, which is 980 m south-southeast of Mount Daimler

Mount Daimler

Mount Daimler is one of the highest points of the rock massif of Trakiya Heights between Russell East Glacier and Victory Glacier, 3 nautical miles south of Mount Canicula, Trinity Peninsula. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...

, 10.97 km southwest 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...

, 8.45 km north of Negovan Crag

Negovan Crag

Negovan Crag is the peak rising to 760 m in Kondofrey Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.3 km east of Mount Reece, 9.48 km south of Mount Daimler, 8.6 km northeast of Mount Bradley and 5.55 km west-northwest of Pitt Point...

 and 2.58 km east-northeast of Bozveli Peak

Bozveli Peak

Bozveli Peak is the peak rising to 1256 m in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 3.78 km southeast of Antonov Peak, 2.7 km southwest of Mount Daimler, and 6.45 km north-northeast of Skakavitsa Peak in Kondofrey Heights...

. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

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