Chernopeev Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Chernopeev Peak (Bulgarian: Чернопеев връх, ‘Chernopeev Vrah’ \cher-no-'pe-ev 'vr&h\) is the rocky peak rising to 543 m on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The peak is named after Hristo Chernopeev (Chernyo Peev, 1868-1915), a leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Macedonia.

Location

Chernopeev Peak is located at 63°39′29″S 57°55′29″W / 63.65806°S 57.92472°W / -63.65806; -57.92472Coordinates: 63°39′29″S 57°55′29″W / 63.65806°S 57.92472°W / -63.65806; -57.92472, which is 2.5 km north of Church Point, 10.02 km east-northeast of Levassor Nunatak, 2.89 km south-southwest of Kribul Hill and 8.5 km southwest of McCalman Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

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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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