Mount Izvor

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Mount Izvor (Bulgarian: връх Извор, ‘Vrah Izvor’ \'vr&h iz-'vor\) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1500 m in the west part of Voden Heights on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts a tributary to Fleece Glacier to the southwest. The feature is named after the settlements of Izvor in Southeastern, Southern, Western and Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Mount Izvor is located at 65°49′48″S 63°09′41″W / 65.83000°S 63.16139°W / -65.83000; -63.16139Coordinates: 65°49′48″S 63°09′41″W / 65.83000°S 63.16139°W / -65.83000; -63.16139, which is 3.47 km southeast of Mount Zadruga, 9 km northwest of Pamidovo Nunatak, and 3.16 km northeast of Mount Bosnek. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Mount Izvor. 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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