Karia Peak

Location of Loubet Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Karia Peak (Bulgarian: връх Кария, ‘Vrah Karia’ \'vr&h 'ka-ri-ya\) is the rounded ice-covered peak rising to 1650 m in the west foothills of Bruce Plateau on Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free west and south slopes, and surmounts Erskine Glacier to the south and a tributary to that glacier to the west and north.

The peak is named after the ancient town of Karia in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Karia Peak is located at 66°26′35″S 65°20′21″W / 66.44306°S 65.33917°W / -66.44306; -65.33917Coordinates: 66°26′35″S 65°20′21″W / 66.44306°S 65.33917°W / -66.44306; -65.33917, which is 5.6 km south-southeast of Mount Lyttleton, 10 km southwest of Purmerul Peak and 13.2 km north-northeast of Mount Bain. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.

References

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