Bozveli Peak

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Bozveli Peak (Bulgarian: връх Бозвели, ‘Vrah Bozveli’ \'vr&h 'boz-ve-li\) is the peak rising to 1256 m in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 3.78 km southeast of Antonov Peak, 2.7 km southwest of Mount Daimler, and 6.45 km north-northeast of Skakavitsa Peak in Kondofrey Heights. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the southwest.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian enlightener Neofit Bozveli (1785-1848), a leader in the struggle for the restoration of the autocephalous Bulgarian Church.

Location

Bozveli Peak is located at 63°45′49″S 58°32′09″W / 63.76361°S 58.53583°W / -63.76361; -58.53583Coordinates: 63°45′49″S 58°32′09″W / 63.76361°S 58.53583°W / -63.76361; -58.53583. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

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

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

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