Mount Radotina

Location of Graham Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Mount Radotina (Bulgarian: връх Радотина, ‘Vrah Radotina’ \'vr&h 'ra-do-ti-na\) is the rounded ice-covered peak rising to 1300 m in the west foothills of Bruce Plateau on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated at the base of Barison Peninsula. The feature has steep, rocky and partly ice-free northeast and southwest slopes, and surmounts Chernomen Glacier to the northwest, Talev Glacier to the north, Cadman Glacier to the east-northeast and Luke Glacier to the southwest.

The mountain is named after the settlement of Radotina in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Mount Radotina is located at 65°39′52″S 63°55′37″W / 65.66444°S 63.92694°W / -65.66444; -63.92694Coordinates: 65°39′52″S 63°55′37″W / 65.66444°S 63.92694°W / -65.66444; -63.92694, which is 12 km southeast of Eijkman Point, 11.9 km southwest of Mount Rouge and 7.55 km north of Mount Chevreux. British mapping in 1976.

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References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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