Kladnitsa Peak Explained

Kladnitsa Peak (Bulgarian: връх Кладница|vrah Kladnitsa, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈvrɤx ˈkɫadnit͡sɐ/) is the ice-covered peak of elevation 1103 m^[1] on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It surmounts McCance Glacier to the south and west, and Darbel Bay to the northeast.

The peak is named after the settlement of Kladnitsa in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Kladnitsa Peak is located at -66.7706°N -65.8356°W, which is 7.36 km east of Liebig Peak, 5 km south-southeast of Rubner Peak, 10.68 km southwest of Sokol Point and 9.77 km west-northwest of Ushlinova Peak. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.

References

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

External links

• Kladnitsa Peak. Copernix satellite image

Notes and References

1. https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.