Coburg Peak

Coburg Peak (Bulgarian: връх Кобург, romanized: vrah Koburg, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈkɔbork]) is the rocky peak rising to 783 m in Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the northeast.

Coburg Peak
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Highest point
Elevation783 m (2,569 ft)

The peak is named after the Bulgarian royal house of Coburg (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), 1887–1946.

Location

Coburg Peak is located at 63°41′42″S 58°20′57″W, which is 1.25 km west-northwest of Obidim Peak, 4.69 km northeast of Siniger Nunatak, 3.32 km east-southeast of Gigen Peak and 3.34 km southwest of Chochoveni Nunatak. 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


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


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