Trambesh Peak

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Trambesh Peak (Bulgarian: връх Тръмбеш, ‘Vrah Trambesh’ \'vr&h tr&m-'besh\) is the ice-covered peak of elevation 1600 m at the northwest extremity of Gutsal Ridge in Stribog Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It surmounts the heads of Balanstra Glacier to the east and Hippocrates Glacier to the southwest.

The peak is named after the town of Polski Trambesh, and the settlements of Gorski Goren Trambesh and Gorski Dolen Trambesh in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Trambesh Peak is located at 64°18′36″S 62°24′18″W / 64.31000°S 62.40500°W / -64.31000; -62.40500Coordinates: 64°18′36″S 62°24′18″W / 64.31000°S 62.40500°W / -64.31000; -62.40500, which is 5.5 km south of Mount Parry, 4.73 km northwest of Kotlari Peak, 5.74 km north of Mount Imhotep and 7.95 km northeast of Mount Sarnegor. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Stribog Mountains occupy most of the central and the right, near part of the island.

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


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