Sheynovo Peak

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Sheynovo Peak (Bulgarian: връх Шейново, ‘Vrah Sheynovo’ \'vr&h 'shey-no-vo\) is the mostly ice-covered peak of elevation 600 m in Solvay Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free northeast and west slopes, and surmounts Buragara Cove to the north, Rush Glacier to the northeast and Dimkov Glacier to the south.

The peak is named after the settlement of Sheynovo in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Sheynovo Peak is located at 64°24′22″S 62°37′06″W / 64.40611°S 62.61833°W / -64.40611; -62.61833Coordinates: 64°24′22″S 62°37′06″W / 64.40611°S 62.61833°W / -64.40611; -62.61833, which is 3.2 km east of Humann Point, 3 km southeast of Zabel Point, 3.35 km west of Mount Aciar and 2.37 km north-northwest of Kondolov Peak. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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References

Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Solvay Mountains are on the left, far side of the island.

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


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