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Mount Devol

Coordinates: 69°35′08″S 71°29′15″W / 69.58556°S 71.48750°W / -69.58556; -71.48750
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Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Satellite image of Alexander Island

Mount Devol (Bulgarian: връх Девол, romanized: vrah Devol, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ dɛˈvɔɫ]) is the ice-covered mountain rising to 1700 m in Lassus Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the east and Narechen Glacier to the west. The feature is named after the town and region of Devol in medieval Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

The mountain is located at 69°35′08″S 71°29′15″W / 69.58556°S 71.48750°W / -69.58556; -71.48750, which is 10.24 km south by east of Mount Wilbye, 8.7 km southwest of Mount Kliment Ohridski in Sofia University Mountains, 8.77 km west of Rachenitsa Nunatak, 2.7 km north by west of Moriseni Peak and 9.5 km east by north of Faulkner Nunatak.

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

References


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


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