Rogach Peak
Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Astrolabe Island from northwest, Rogach Peak is the right one of the two prominent mountains dominating the island.
Rogach Peak (Bulgarian: връх Рогач, ‘Vrah Rogach’ \'vr&h ro-'gach\) is the ice-covered peak rising to 562 m in the northeastern part of Astrolabe Island off Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.
The peak is named after the settlement of Rogach in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Rogach Peak is located at 63°19′19″S 58°39′45″W / 63.32194°S 58.66250°WCoordinates: 63°19′19″S 58°39′45″W / 63.32194°S 58.66250°W, which is 2.28 km northeast of Sherrell Point and 1.9 km south-southeast of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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