Svetlya Peak Explained

Svetlya Peak (bg|връх Светля|vrah Svetlya, pronounced as /bg/) is a peak on the Antarctic Peninsula of Antarctica. The rocky, partly ice-free peak, rising to 716 m,^[1] is at the east extremity of Poibrene Heights on Blagoevgrad Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It overlooks Vaughan Inlet to the northeast.

Svetlya Peak is named after the settlement of Svetlya in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Svetlya Peak is located at -65.1517°N -61.7431°W, which is 2.75 km east of St. Gorazd Peak, 8.84 km west of Daskot Point, and 8.87 km northwest of Kesten Point. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19–20. London, 1974.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

External links

• Svetlya Peak. Copernix satellite image

Notes and References

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