Erul Heights

Erul Heights
Massif
Coordinates: 63°42′10″S 58°21′10″W
Location	Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land

Erul Heights (63°42′10″S 58°21′10″W) are the heights rising to 1,083 metres (3,553 ft) at Gigen Peak, located on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

Location

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Trakiya Heights towards the west of the southeast coast

The Erul Heights are in Graham Land towards the west of the south coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They are bounded by Russell East Glacier to the south and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the north, extending 8 km from Benz Pass in east-southeast direction towards Smokinya Cove, and surmounting Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea to the southeast.

Erul Heights. Copernix satellite image

Mapping and name

A German-British mapping of the region was undertaken in 1996. The heights are named after the settlement of Erul in Western Bulgaria.

Features

Named features, from west to east, include:

Gigen Peak

63°41′19″S 58°24′53″W. A peak rising to 1092|m}} high on the south side of Benz Pass. Situated 6.67 kilometres (4.14 mi) west-northwest of Panhard Nunatak. Surmounting Russell East Glacier to the west and south, and Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the east. Named after the settlement of Gigen in Northern Bulgaria.

Lopyan Crag

63°42′11″S 58°23′29″W. A narrow rocky hill extending 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) in northwest–southeast direction and rising to 583 metres (1,913 ft) high. Situated 1.98 kilometres (1.23 mi) southeast of Gigen Peak, 2.27 kilometres (1.41 mi) southwest of Coburg Peak, 4.96 kilometres (3.08 mi) west by north of Panhard Nunatak, 2.64 kilometres (1.64 mi) northeast of Siniger Nunatak and 3.63 kilometres (2.26 mi) east of Roman Knoll. Surmounting Russell East Glacier to the south. Named after the settlement of Lopyan in Western Bulgaria.

Mogilyane Peak

63°41′13″S 58°23′01″W. A rocky peak rising to 850 metres (2,790 ft) high. Situated 1.92 kilometres (1.19 mi) west-northwest of Coburg Peak, 1.83 kilometres (1.14 mi) north of Lopyan Crag and 1.55 kilometres (0.96 mi) east of Gigen Peak. Surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the northeast. Named after the settlement of Mogilyane in Southern Bulgaria.

Coburg Peak

63°41′42″S 58°20′57″W. A rocky peak rising to 783 metres (2,569 ft) high. Situated 1.25 kilometres (0.78 mi) west-northwest of Obidim Peak, 4.69 kilometres (2.91 mi) northeast of Siniger Nunatak, 3.32 kilometres (2.06 mi) east-southeast of Gigen Peak and 3.34 kilometres (2.08 mi) southwest of Chochoveni Nunatak. Surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the northeast. Named after the Bulgarian royal family of Coburg (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha), 1887-1946.

Obidim Peak

A rocky peak rising to 706 metres (2,316 ft) high. Situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Panhard Nunatak and 1.25 kilometres (0.78 mi) east-southeast of Coburg Peak. Surmounting Cugnot Ice Piedmont to the NE. Named after the settlement of Obidim in Southwestern Bulgaria.63°41′54″S 58°19′30″W.

Sources

• "Coburg Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Erul Heights", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Gigen Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005, retrieved 2024-05-03
• "Lopyan Crag", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Mogilyane Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• "Obidim Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Trinity Peninsula (PDF) (Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697), Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

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