Trakiya Heights

Trakiya Heights
Massif
Coordinates: 63°45′07″S 58°31′10″W
Location	Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land

The Trakiya Heights (63°45′07″S 58°31′10″W) are heights that rise to 1,336 metres (4,383 ft) on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Location

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Trakiya Heights towards the west of the southeast coast

The Trakiya Heights are in Graham Land towards the west of the south coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They are bounded by Russell West Glacier to the north, Russell East Glacier to the northeast, Victory Glacier to the southwest and Zlidol Gate to the northwest. They surmount Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea to the southeast. The heights extend 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in a northwest–southeast direction and 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) in a northeast–southwest direction.

Mapping and name

A German-British mapping was undertaken in 1996. The Trakiya Heights are named after the historical region of Trakiya (Thrace).

Features

Features, from west to east, include: Zlidol Belgun Antonov Irakli Bozveli Utus MDaimler Morava

Zlidol Gate

Main article: Zlidol Gate

63°44′10″S 58°37′40″W. A saddle of elevation over 800 metres (2,600 ft) high on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula separating Detroit Plateau to the west from Trakiya Heights to the E. The feature is horseshoe-shaped, jutting out to Russell West Glacier to the N, with its southern approach from Victory Glacier narrowing to 500 metres (1,600 ft). German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Zlidol in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Belgun Peak

Main article: Belgun Peak

63°44′16″S 58°36′45″W. An ice-covered peak rising to 1,205 metres (3,953 ft) high in the northwest extremity of Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land. Situated on the east side of Zlidol Gate, 890 metres (2,920 ft) high northwest of Antonov Peak, 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) northeast of Skoparnik Bluff, 1.49 kilometres (0.93 mi) east-northeast of Lepitsa Peak, 3.56 kilometres (2.21 mi) east of Mount Schuyler on Detroit Plateau, 3.41 kilometres (2.12 mi) southeast of Sirius Knoll and 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) west-southwest of Mount Canicula. Precipitous, partly ice-free west slopes. Surmounting the head of Russell West Glacier to the north, and the upper course of Victory Glacier to the south. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Belgun in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Antonov Peak

Main article: Antonov Peak

63°44′32″S 58°35′43″W. A peak rising to over 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) high in the northwest part of Trakiya Heights. Situated 4.45 kilometres (2.77 mi) east of Mount Schuyler, 4.25 kilometres (2.64 mi) southeast of Sirius Knoll, 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) west by north of Mount Daimler and 8.23 kilometres (5.11 mi) north of Skakavitsa Peak. Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Victory Glacier to the S. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the Bulgarian automobile constructor Rumen Antonov (b. 1944) who invented an innovative automatic gearbox.

Irakli Peak

Main article: Irakli Peak

63°44′08″S 58°34′14″W. A peak rising to 1,336 metres (4,383 ft) high in the northwest part of Trakiya Heights. Situated 1.43 kilometres (0.89 mi) northeast of Antonov Peak, 3.24 kilometres (2.01 mi) southwest of Mount Canicula, 3.87 kilometres (2.40 mi) west-northwest of Mount Daimler and 3.56 kilometres (2.21 mi) north-northwest of Bozveli Peak. Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Russell East Glacier to the E. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the nature site of Irakli on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Bozveli Peak

Main article: Bozveli Peak

63°45′49″S 58°32′09″W. A peak rising to 1,256 metres (4,121 ft) high in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 3.78 kilometres (2.35 mi) southeast of Antonov Peak, 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) southwest of Mount Daimler and 6.45 kilometres (4.01 mi) north-northeast of Skakavitsa Peak. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the southwest. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the Bulgarian enlightener Neofit Bozveli (1785-1848), a leader in the struggle for the restoration of the autocephalous Bulgarian Church.

Utus Peak

Main article: Utus Peak

63°45′23″S 58°29′10″W. A rocky peak rising to 1,217 metres (3,993 ft) high in Trakiya Heights. Situated 980 metres (3,220 ft) high south-southeast of Mount Daimler, 10.97 kilometres (6.82 mi) southwest of Panhard Nunatak, 8.45 kilometres (5.25 mi) north of Negovan Crag and 2.58 kilometres (1.60 mi) east-northeast of Bozveli Peak. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the ancient Roman town of Utus in Northern Bulgaria.

Mount Daimler

Main article: Mount Daimler

63°45′S 58°29′W. The highest point of a rock massif between Russell East Glacier and Victory Glacier, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Mount Canicula. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by UK-APC for Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), German engineer who developed the light-oil medium speed internal combustion engine which made possible the first commercial production of light mechanical land transport, 1883–85.

Morava Peak

Main article: Morava Peak

63°44′15″S 58°28′14″W. A peak rising to 966 metres (3,169 ft) high in the northeast extremity of Trakiya Heights. Situated 1.72 kilometres (1.07 mi) northeast of Mount Daimler, 4.94 kilometres (3.07 mi) east of Irakli Peak and 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) south-southwest of Gigen Peak. Surmounting Russell East Glacier to the north and east. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Morava in Northern Bulgaria.

Sources

• Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
• "Antonov Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Belgun Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Bozveli Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005, retrieved 2024-05-03
• "Irakli Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Morava Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Trakiya Heights", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Trinity Peninsula (PDF) (Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697), Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015
• "Utus Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Zlidol Gate", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

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