Erul Heights

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Erul Heights (Bulgarian: Ерулски възвишения, ‘Erulski Vazvisheniya’ \e-'rul-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1092 m (Gigen Peak) on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are bounded by Russell East Glacier to the south and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the north, extending 8 km from Benz Pass in east-southeast direction towards Smokinya Cove, and surmounting Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea to the southeast.

The heights are named after the settlement of Erul in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Erul Heights are centred at 63°42′10″S 58°21′10″W / 63.70278°S 58.35278°W / -63.70278; -58.35278Coordinates: 63°42′10″S 58°21′10″W / 63.70278°S 58.35278°W / -63.70278; -58.35278. 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

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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