Tikale Peak

Location of Blagoevgrad Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Tikale Peak (Bulgarian: връх Тикале, ‘Vrah Tikale’ \'vr&h ti-'ka-le\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 550 m in southeastern Poibrene Heights on Blagoevgrad Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The feature is named after the settlement of Tikale in southern Bulgaria.

Location

Tikale Peak is located at 65°11′44″S 61°47′03″W / 65.19556°S 61.78417°W / -65.19556; -61.78417Coordinates: 65°11′44″S 61°47′03″W / 65.19556°S 61.78417°W / -65.19556; -61.78417, which is 5.5 km north of Kunino Point, 5.55 km southeast of Ravnogor Peak and 9.85 km northwest of Foyn Point.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Tikale Peak. 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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