Dabnik Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Dabnik Peak (Bulgarian: връх Дъбник, ‘Vrah Dabnik’ \'vr&h d&b-'nik\) is the peak rising to 1090 m off the west extremity of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated on the east side of Misty Pass, 14.2 km southeast of Cape Ducorps, 11.14 km southwest of Ami Boué Peak and 9.81 km west-northwest of Kanitz Nunatak. Surmounting Broad Valley to the south and Ogoya Glacier to the northwest.

The peak is named after the town of Dolni (Lower) Dabnik in northern Bulgaria.

Location

Dabnik Peak is located at 63°28′31″S 57°58′17″W / 63.47528°S 57.97139°W / -63.47528; -57.97139Coordinates: 63°28′31″S 57°58′17″W / 63.47528°S 57.97139°W / -63.47528; -57.97139. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
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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