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Gigen Peak (Bulgarian: връх Гиген, romanized: vrah Gigen, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ɡiˈɡɛn]) is the summit of Erul Heights on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, rising to 1083 m[1] on the south side of Benz Pass, and surmounting Russell East Glacier to the west and south, and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east.

Gigen Peak
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Highest point
Elevation	1,083 m (3,553 ft)
Coordinates	63°41′19″S 58°24′53″W
Geography
Location	Erul Heights in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula

The peak is named after the settlement of Gigen in northern Bulgaria.

Location

Gigen Peak is located at 63°41′19″S 58°24′53″W, which is 14.39 km southeast of Mount Ignatiev, 7.97 km north-northeast of Mount Daimler and 6.67 km west-northwest of Panhard Nunatak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

References

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

External links

• Gigen Peak. Copernix satellite image

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

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Der Gigen Peak (englisch; bulgarisch връх Гиген .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"}wrach Gigen) ist ein 1092 m hoher und felsiger Berg im Grahamland auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Auf der Trinity-Halbinsel ragt er als höchster Gipfel der Erul Heights an der Südseite des Benz-Passes in Entfernungen von 14,39 km südöstlich des Mount Ignatiev, 7,97 km nordnordöstlich des Mount Daimler und 6,67 km westnordwestlich des Panhard-Nunataks auf. Der Russell-East-Gletscher liegt westlich und südlich, der Cugnot-Piedmont-Gletscher östlich von ihm.

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