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Matov Peak (Bulgarian: Матов връх, romanized: Matov vrah, IPA: [ˈmatov ˈvrɤx]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1635 m[1] on Topola Ridge in the northwest foothills of Detroit Plateau on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature has steep and partly ice-free west and south slopes.

The peak is named after Hristo Matov (1872-1922), a leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Macedonia.

Location

Matov Peak is located at 64°02′54″S 60°07′15″W, which is 4.1 km south of Hargrave Hill, 16.26 km south-southeast of Havilland Point, 11.7 km southwest of Volov Peak, 15.95 km west of Ezdimir Buttress and 24.2 km northeast of Mount Ader. British 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

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

External links

• Matov 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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