Laki Peak

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Laki Peak (Bulgarian: връх Лъки, ‘Vrah Laki’ \'vr&h l&-'ki\) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1250 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated between the upper courses of Eliason and Polaris Glaciers.

The peak is named after the town of Laki in Southern Bulgaria and the homonymous settlement in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Laki Peak is located at 64°12′05″S 59°31′38″W / 64.20139°S 59.52722°W / -64.20139; -59.52722Coordinates: 64°12′05″S 59°31′38″W / 64.20139°S 59.52722°W / -64.20139; -59.52722, which is 8.85 km west of Mount Hornsby, 14.3 km north-northeast of Dolen Peak, 4.82 km east-southeast of Zasele Peak, and 31.1 km southeast of Volov Peak on Davis Coast.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Laki 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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