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Stargel Peak ( bg, връх Стъргел, vrah Stargel, ) is the sharp rocky peak rising to 1434 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
at the north extremity of Ivanili Heights on
Oscar II Coast Oscar II Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Fairweather to the north, and Cape Alexander to the south. Discovered in 1893 by Captain C.A. Larsen, who named it for King Oscar II of Norway and Sweden. ...
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 and ...
,
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. It is linked by Okorsh Saddle to
Foster Plateau Foster Plateau is a plateau, about in area, lying between Drygalski Glacier and Hektoria Glacier in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. It borders Forbidden Plateau on the south and Herbert Plateau on the north. The feature was photographed by the ...
to the north, and surmounts
Brenitsa Glacier Brenitsa Glacier ( bg, ледник Бреница, lednik Brenitsa, ) is the 14 km long and 4.5 km wide glacier on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica situated southwest of Drygalski Glacier, west of Rogosh Glacier and east of H ...
to the west and
Rogosh Glacier Rogosh Glacier ( bg, ледник Рогош, lednik Rogosh, ) is the 29 km long and 5 km wide glacier on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica situated east of Brenitsa Glacier, south of Drygalski Glacier, and southwest of Zlokuch ...
to the east. The feature is named after the settlement of Stargel in Western
Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
.


Location

Stargel Peak is located at , which is 8.55 km west-northwest of
Mount Persenk Mount Persenk ( bg, връх Персенк, vrah Persenk, ) is the rounded, ice-covered peak rising to 1603 mLovech Heights Lovech Heights ( bg, Ловешки възвишения, ‘Loveshki Vazvisheniya’ \'lo-vesh-ki v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1634 m (Mount Moriya) on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are extending 15.5  ...
, 14.15 km north-northwest of
Skilly Peak Skilly Peak () is a conspicuous rock peak northeast of Shiver Point and northeast of Eduard Nunatak on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It surmounts Rogosh Glacier to the north and Artanes Bay to the southeast. The peak was surveyed ...
, and 9.95 km east of
Mount Quandary Mount Quandary () is a mountain on the east side and near the head of Hektoria Glacier, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Shiver Point, in Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955; the name arose because when f ...
.
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
mapping in 1978.


Maps

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.


Notes


References


Stargel Peak.
SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ...
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 t ...
.
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 of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)


External links


Stargel Peak.
Copernix satellite image Mountains of Graham Land Oscar II Coast Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{OscarIICoast-geo-stub