Mount Daimler

The Trakiya Heights () are heights that rise to on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Location

The Trakiya Heights are in Graham Land towards the west of the south coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
They are bounded by Russell West Glacier to the north, Russell East Glacier to the northeast, Victory Glacier to the southwest and Zlidol Gate to the northwest.
They surmount Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea to the southeast.
The heights extend in a northwest–southeast direction and in a northeast–southwest direction.

Mapping and name

A German-British mapping was undertaken in 1996.
The Trakiya Heights are named after the historical region of Trakiya (Thrace).

Features

Features, from west to east, include:

Belgun Peak

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An ice-covered peak rising to high in the northwest extremity of Trakiya Heights.
Situated on the east side of Zlidol Gate, northwest of Antonov Peak, northeast of Skoparnik Bluff, east-northeast of Lepitsa Peak, east of Mount Schuyler on Detroit Plateau, southeast of Sirius Knoll and west-southwest of Mount Canicula.
Precipitous, partly ice-free west slopes.
Surmounting the head of Russell West Glacier to the north, and the upper course of Victory Glacier to the south.
Named after the settlement of Belgun in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Antonov Peak

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A peak rising to over high in the northwest part of Trakiya Heights.
Situated east of Mount Schuyler, southeast of Sirius Knoll, west by north of Mount Daimler and north of Skakavitsa Peak.
Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Victory Glacier to the S.
Named after the Bulgarian automobile constructor Rumen Antonov (b. 1944) who invented an innovative automatic gearbox.

Irakli Peak

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A peak rising to high in the northwest part of Trakiya Heights.
Situated northeast of Antonov Peak, southwest of Mount Canicula, west-northwest of Mount Daimler and north-northwest of Bozveli Peak.
Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Russell East Glacier to the east.
Named after the nature site of Irakli on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Bozveli Peak

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A peak rising to high in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula.
Situated southeast of Antonov Peak, southwest of Mount Daimler and north-northeast of Skakavitsa Peak.
Surmounting Victory Glacier to the southwest.
Named after the Bulgarian enlightener Neofit Bozveli (1785-1848), a leader in the struggle for the restoration of the autocephalous Bulgarian Church.

Utus Peak

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A rocky peak rising to high in Trakiya Heights.
Situated high south-southeast of Mount Daimler, north of Negovan Crag and east-northeast of Bozveli Peak.
Named after the ancient Roman town of Utus in Northern Bulgaria.

Mount Daimler

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The highest point of a rock massif between Russell East Glacier and Victory Glacier, south of Mount Canicula.
Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960–61).
Named by UK-APC for Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), German engineer who developed the light-oil medium speed internal combustion engine which made possible the first commercial production of light mechanical land transport, 1883–85.

Morava Peak

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A peak rising to high in the northeast extremity of Trakiya Heights.
Situated northeast of Mount Daimler, east of Irakli Peak and south-southwest of Gigen Peak.
Surmounting Russell East Glacier to the north and east.
Named after the settlement of Morava in Northern Bulgaria.

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{{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place

Mountains of Trinity Peninsula
Bulgaria and the Antarctic