Snow Peak (Antarctica) Explained

Snow Peak is a snow-covered peak rising to 428 m in western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked by a saddle to Casanovas Peak in the west, and surmounts Berkovitsa Glacier to the northwest, Fletcher Nunatak and Belev Nunatak to the northeast, Tundzha Glacier to the east and Verila Glacier to the southwest.

The feature was charted and named descriptively by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1935.

Location

The peak is located at -62.5831°N -60.7119°W which is 12.89 km northeast of Rotch Dome, 2.83 km east of Casanovas Peak, 2.92 km southwest of Avitohol Point and 7.04 km north-northwest of Ustra Peak (British mapping in 1935 and 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

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