Lepitsa Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Lepitsa Peak (Bulgarian: връх Лепица, romanized: vrah Lepitsa, IPA: [ˈvrɤx lɛˈpit͡sɐ]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1110 m in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated on the west side of Zlidol Gate, surmounting the head of Russell West Glacier to the north, and the upper course of Victory Glacier to the southeast.

The peak is named after the settlement of Lepitsa in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Lepitsa Peak is located at 63°44′30″S 58°38′29″W, which is 2.19 km east-southeast of Mount Schuyler, 2.88 km south-southeast of Sirius Knoll, 1.49 km west-southwest of Belgun Peak and 5.75 km northwest of Bozveli Peak in Trakiya Heights, and 3.42 km north-northeast of Skoparnik Bluff. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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

External links

• Lepitsa Peak. Copernix satellite image

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