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Petleshkov Hill (Bulgarian: Петлешков хълм, ‘Petleshkov Halm’ \pet-'lesh-kov 'h&lm\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 221 m in northwestern Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. It surmounts Mokren Bight to the south.

The feature is “named after Vasil Petleshkov (1845-1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bulgarian independence, in connection with the settlement of Petleshkovo in Northeastern Bulgaria.”[1]

Location

Petleshkov Hill is located at 63°18′35″S 58°43′30″W, which is 1.2 km northeast of Damga Point, 1.32 km southeast of Raduil Point and 2.15 km west of Drumohar Peak. 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 upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

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

External links

• Petleshkov Hill. Copernix satellite image

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

На других языках

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