Roman Knoll

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Roman Knoll (Bulgarian: Романска могила, ‘Romanska Mogila’ \'ro-man-ska mo-'gi-la\) is the ice-covered hill rising to over 800 m between Mount Canicula and Erul Heights, on the southeast side of Verdikal Gap on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Russell East Glacier to the southeast.

The hill is named after the town of Roman in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Roman Knoll is located at 63°42′00″S 58°27′52″W / 63.70000°S 58.46444°W / -63.70000; -58.46444Coordinates: 63°42′00″S 58°27′52″W / 63.70000°S 58.46444°W / -63.70000; -58.46444, which is 3.38 km northeast of Mount Canicula, 12.98 km southeast of Lambuh Knoll, 2.77 km southwest of Gigen Peak and 3.38 km northwest of Siniger Nunatak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

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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