Intuition Peak (, ) is a sharp Antarctic peak of elevation 780 m in

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in the

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. It is surmounting Iskar Glacier to the east and Devnya Valley to the west. The peak was named in appreciation of the role of scientific intuition for the advancement of human knowledge.

Location

The cliff is located at which is 1.39 km north by west of Helmet Peak, 5.25 km southeast of Atanasoff Nunatak and 630 m west-southwest of Radoy Ralin Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the

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topographic survey).

Maps

* L. L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L. L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated. * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. * A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023.

References

Intuition Peak.

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Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Intuition Peak.
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