Marchaevo Peak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Marchaevo Peak (Bulgarian: връх Мърчаево, ‘Vrah Marchaevo’ \'vr&h m&r-'cha-e-vo\) is the sharp rocky peak rising to 1100 m in the northwest extremity of Zagreus Ridge on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts Hektoria Glacier to the northeast and a tributary to Paspal Glacier to the southwest. The feature is named after the settlement of Marchaevo in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Marchaevo Peak is located at 64°51′21″S 61°52′56″W / 64.85583°S 61.88222°W / -64.85583; -61.88222Coordinates: 64°51′21″S 61°52′56″W / 64.85583°S 61.88222°W / -64.85583; -61.88222, which is 10.9 km northeast of Dugerjav Peak, 7.85 km southeast of Mount Walker, and 14.53 km west 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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Marchaevo 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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