Bacho Kiro Peak

Location of Danco Coast.

Bacho Kiro Peak (Bulgarian: връх Бачо Киро, ‘Vrah Bacho Kiro’ \'vr&h 'ba-cho 'ki-ro\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1500 m between Woodbury Glacier and Montgolfier Glacier on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian enlightener and revolutionary Bacho Kiro (Kiro Zanev, 1835-1876).

Location

Bacho Kiro Peak is located at 64°47′02″S 62°15′36″W / 64.78389°S 62.26000°W / -64.78389; -62.26000Coordinates: 64°47′02″S 62°15′36″W / 64.78389°S 62.26000°W / -64.78389; -62.26000, which is 4.35 km east of The Downfall, 5.55 km south-southwest of Sophie Cliff, and 2.9 km north of Mechit Buttress. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Bacho Kiro Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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