Tikale Peak Explained

Tikale Peak (bg|връх Тикале|vrah Tikale, pronounced as /bg/) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 613 m^[1] in southeastern Poibrene Heights on Blagoevgrad Peninsula, Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The feature is named after the settlement of Tikale in southern Bulgaria.

Location

Tikale Peak is located at -65.1956°N -61.7842°W, which is 5.5 km north of Kunino Point, 5.55 km southeast of Ravnogor Peak and 9.85 km northwest of Foyn Point.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Tikale Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Tikale Peak. Copernix satellite image

Notes and References

1. https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.