Breze Peak
Breze Peak (Template:Lang-bg, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈbrɛzɛ]) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1634 m[1] in eastern Havre Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Russian Gap to the northeast and Foreman Glacier to the west. The peak was visited on 8 January 1988 by the geological survey team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (British Antarctic Survey).
The feature is named after the settlements of Breze in Southern and Western Bulgaria.
Location
The peak is located at 69°16′30″S 71°17′00″W / 69.27500°S 71.28333°W, which is 11.2 km southeast of Mount Pontida, 13.15 km south-southeast of Mount Newman, 22.5 km west of Mount Sanderson in Rouen Mountains, and 17.37 km north-northwest of the central height of Landers Peaks in Sofia University Mountains.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Breze Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links
- Breze Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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