Kumanovo Peak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Kumanovo Peak (Bulgarian: връх Куманово, ‘Vrah Kumanovo’ \'vr&h ku-'ma-no-vo\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1050 m in Ivanili Heights on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts Rogosh Glacier to the northeast and east. The feature is named after the settlement of Kumanovo in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Kumanovo Peak is located at 64°54′29″S 61°22′58″W / 64.90806°S 61.38278°W / -64.90806; -61.38278Coordinates: 64°54′29″S 61°22′58″W / 64.90806°S 61.38278°W / -64.90806; -61.38278, which is 5 km south-southeast of Manastir Peak, 6.9 km west of Dymcoff Crag in Lovech Heights, 8.7 km northwest of Skilly Peak, and 10.45 km southeast of Mount Quandary. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Kumanovo 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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