Hochstetter Peak

Hochstetter Peak (Bulgarian: връх Хохщетер, romanized: vrah Hohshteter, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈxɔxʃtɛtɛr]) is the partly ice-free bluff rising to over 1000 m in the southeast foothills of Louis-Philippe Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east and south.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The peak is named after the German-Austrian geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829-1884) who worked in Bulgaria, other European countries and New Zealand.

Location

Hochstetter Peak is located at 63°36′52″S 58°18′12″W, which is 6.83 km west-southwest of Kukuryak Bluff, 10.82 km northwest of Levassor Nunatak and 2.69 km north by east of Smin Peak. 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). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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References

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

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