Gigen Peak ( bg, връх Гиген, vrah Gigen, ) is the summit of
Erul Heights on
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the ...
,
Antarctic Peninsula, rising to 1083 m
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 on the south side of
Benz Pass, and surmounting
Russell East Glacier to the west and south, and
Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east.
The peak is named after the settlement of
Gigen
Gigen ( bg, Гиген, ) is a village in northern Bulgaria, part of Gulyantsi Municipality, Pleven Province. It is located near the Danube River, close to the place where the Iskar River empties into it, opposite the Romanian town of Corabia. ...
in northern
Bulgaria
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.
Location
Gigen Peak is located at , which is 14.39 km southeast of
Mount Ignatiev
Mount Ignatiev ( bg, Игнатиев връх, Ignatiev vrah, ) is a peak rising to 1220 m in the Srednogorie Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. It is situated 3.3 km south-southeast of Corner Peak, 8.96 km eas ...
, 7.97 km north-northeast of
Mount Daimler and 6.67 km west-northwest of
Panhard Nunatak. 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 updated.
Notes
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
Gigen Peak.Copernix satellite image
Mountains of Trinity Peninsula
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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