Location of Astrolabe Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Astrolabe Island from northwest, Rogach Peak is the right one of the two prominent mountains dominating the island.
Rogach Peak (Bulgarian: връх Рогач, romanized: vrah Rogach, IPA: [ˈvrɤx roˈɡat͡ʃ]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 562 m in the northeastern part of Astrolabe Island off Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.
The peak is named after the settlement of Rogach in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Rogach Peak is located at 63°19′19″S 58°39′45″W / 63.32194°S 58.66250°W, which is 2.28 km northeast of Sherrell Point and 1.9 km south-southeast of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Rogach Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Rogach Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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