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Volov Peak (Bulgarian: връх Волов, romanized: vrah Volov, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈvɔɫof]) is the rocky peak rising to 1202 m[1] at the southwest extremity of Korten Ridge on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Temple Glacier to the southwest.

The peak is named after Panayot Volov (1850-1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising for Bulgarian independence.

Location

Volov Peak is located at 63°59′06″S 59°55′53″W, which is 16.6 km southeast of Havilland Point, 1.84 km south-southwest of Chubra Peak and 5.5 km west of Mount Bris. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

Notes

References

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

External links

• Volov 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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