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Pirne Peak (Bulgarian: връх Пирне, romanized: vrah Pirne, IPA: [ˈvrɤx pirˈnɛ]) is the rocky peak rising to 802 m[1] on the coast of Vaughan Inlet, at the northeast extremity of Rugate Ridge on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts Green Glacier to the northwest and Musina Glacier to the southwest. The feature is named after the settlement of Pirne in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Pirne Peak is located at 64°59′38″S 61°47′40″W, which is 13.7 km northeast of Mount Bistre, 13.18 km south of Sekirna Spur, 13.4 km west of Mural Nunatak, and 18 km northwest of Whiteside Hill. 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

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

External links

• Pirne 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 Pirne Peak (englisch; bulgarisch връх Пирне .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 Pirne) ist ein felsiger und 600 m hoher Berg an der Oskar-II.-Küste des Grahamlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Er ragt 13,7 km nordöstlich des Mount Bistre, 13,18 km südlich des Sekirna Spur, 13,4 km westlich des Mural-Nunataks und 18 km nordwestlich des Whiteside Hill am nordöstlichen Ausläufer des Rugate Ridge am Ufer des Vaughan Inlet auf. Der Green-Gletscher liegt nordwestlich, der Mussina-Gletscher südwestlich von ihm.

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