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Chiren Heights (Bulgarian: Чиренски възвишения, ‘Chirenski Vazvisheniya’ \'chi-ren-ski vaz-vi-'she-ni-ya\) is the ice-covered heights at the base of Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, extending 21 km in northeast-southwest direction between Barilari Bay and Holtedahl Bay, and 16 km wide. It is bounded by Caulfield Glacier to the south, Simler Snowfield to the west, Hoek Glacier to the northwest, Bilgeri Glacier to the north and Weir Glacier to the east. Rising to 2197 m[1] at its central part and featuring Coblentz Peak at its west extremity, Mount Zdarsky in its north-central part and Ilchev Buttress at its northeast extremity.

The heights are named after the settlement of Chiren in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Chiren Heights are centred at 66°06′35″S 64°49′30″W. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiren_Heights&action=edit

References

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

External links

Chiren Heights. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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Die Chiren Heights (englisch; bulgarisch Чиренски възвишения .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Tschirenski waswischenija) sind eine vereister Höhenzug auf der Welingrad-Halbinsel an der Graham-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie erstrecken sich in nordost-südwestlicher Ausrichtung über eine Länge von 21 km und einer Breite von 16 km zwischen der Barilari-Bucht und der Holtedahl Bay. Begrenzt werden sie vom Caulfeild-Gletscher im Süden, dem Simler-Schneefeld im Westen, dem Hoek-Gletscher im Nordwesten, dem Bilgeri-Gletscher im Norden und dem Weir-Gletscher im Osten. Zu ihnen gehört der Coblentz Peak am westlichen Ausläufer und der Mount Zdarsky im nordzentralen Teil.

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