Buache Peak

Location of Two Hummock Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Buache Peak (Bulgarian: връх Бюаш, ‘Vrah Buache’ \'vr&h byu-'ash\) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 600 m on Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature has precipitous and partly ice-free west-northwest slopes, and is one of the two ‘hummocks’ that gave the name of the island.

The peak is named after the French cartographer Philippe Buache (1700-1773) who published maps of the south polar region in 1739 and 1754.

Location

Buache Peak is located at 64°08′20″S 61°43′38″W / 64.13889°S 61.72722°W / -64.13889; -61.72722Coordinates: 64°08′20″S 61°43′38″W / 64.13889°S 61.72722°W / -64.13889; -61.72722, which is 1.63 km southwest of Modev Peak, 4.8 km northwest of Veyka Point and 1.93 km northeast of Palaver Point. British mapping in 1978.

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References

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


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