Vetrovala Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Vetrovala Peak (Bulgarian: връх Ветровала, ‘Vrah Vetrovala’ \'vr&h ve-tro-'va-la\) is the rocky peak rising to 800 m in the south part of Aldomir Ridge on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated at the head of Sjögren Inlet between the termini of Sjögren and Boydell Glaciers. An offshoot of the peak forms Royak Point.

The peak is named after Vetrovala site in Vitosha Mountain, Western Bulgaria.

Location

Vetrovala Peak is located at 64°12′07″S 59°06′19″W / 64.20194°S 59.10528°W / -64.20194; -59.10528Coordinates: 64°12′07″S 59°06′19″W / 64.20194°S 59.10528°W / -64.20194; -59.10528, which is 11.47 km south by east of Lobosh Peak, 11.92 km west of Mount Wild, 6.33 km north-northeast of Draka Nunatak, 11.83 km east of Mount Hornsby and 8.2 km southeast of Survakari Nunatak.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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

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

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