
Karia Peak (, ) is the rounded ice-covered peak rising to 1637 m
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the west foothills of
Bruce Plateau on
Loubet Coast
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in
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...
,
Antarctica
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. It has steep and partly ice-free west and south slopes, and surmounts
Erskine Glacier to the south and a tributary to that glacier to the west and north.
The peak is named after the ancient town of Karia in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Karia Peak is located at , which is 5.6 km south-southeast of
Mount Lyttleton, 10 km southwest of
Purmerul Peak and 13.2 km north-northeast of
Mount Bain. British mapping in 1976.
Maps
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory.Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
Notes
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commis ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
Karia Peak.SCAR
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
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External links
Karia Peak.Copernix satellite image
Mountains of Graham Land
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Loubet Coast
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