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.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Sheynovo Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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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