Mount Canicula () is a mountain formed of two rock peaks, high. It stands east of

Sirius Knoll Sirius Knoll () is a conspicuous ice-covered knoll, 1,010 m, situated 2.28 km north-northeast of Mount Schuyler and marking the northeast end of Detroit Plateau in the central part of Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. Surmounting Russell West Gla ...

on the divide separating

Russell East Glacier Russell East Glacier () is a glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which lies at the north end of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula and Verdikal Gap along the south slopes of Erul Heights ...

and

Russell West Glacier Russell West Glacier () is a glacier, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, which lies immediately north of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula, Verdikal Gap and Trajan Gate westward into Bone Bay o ...

in central

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 so ...

, and is linked to Louis-Philippe Plateau to the north by

Verdikal Gap Verdikal Gap ( bg, Вердикалска седловина, ‘Verdikalska Sedlovina’ \ver-di-'kal-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the flat ice-covered saddle with an elevation of 801 m Trakiya Heights The Trakiya Heights ( bg, Тракийски възвишения, ‘Trakiyski Vazvisheniya’ \tra-'kiy-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to (Irakli Peak) on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. The heights are bounded by Russ ...

to southwest by Srem Gap.Verdikal Gap.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. It was charted in 1946 by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

, and named by them because of the association with Sirius Knoll: Canicula is a synonym of Sirius, the dog star.

Map

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

References

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