Cugnot Ice Piedmont

Cugnot Ice Piedmont (-63.63333°N, -58.16667°W) is an ice piedmont in Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. It is about 15 nmi long and between 3 and 6 nmi wide, extending from Russell East Glacier to Eyrie Bay and bounded on the landward side by Louis Philippe Plateau.

Location
Cugnot Ice Piedmont is in Graham Land in the center of the south coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is on the coast of the Prince Gustav Channel to the south of the Louis Philippe Plateau and Broad Valley. Eyre Bay is to the northeast and Russell East Glacier is to the southwest. Features, from west to east, include Benz Pass, Panhard Nunatak, Levassor Nunatak, Chapel Hill, Shelter Cove, Church Point, Striped Hill, Camp Hill, McCalman Peak, Crystal Hill, Bald Head and Jade Point.

Exploration and name
Cugnot Ice Piedmont was mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS; 1960–61), and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804), a French military engineer who designed and built the first full-sized vehicle propelled by its own engine (steam), in 1769.

Western features
Features of the west part of the ice piedmont include, from west to east,

Chochoveni Nunatak
-63.6725°N, -58.30444°W. A rocky hill rising to 701 m high in the southwest part of Cugnot Ice Piedmont. Situated 3.87 km south by east of Smin Peak, 4.29 km northwest of Kolobar Nunatak, 3.34 km northeast of Coburg Peak and 5.75 km east of Drenta Bluff. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlements of Golyamo Chochoveni and Malko Chochoveni in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Kolobar Nunatak
-63.69194°N, -58.22944°W. A rocky hill rising to 541 m high in the southwest part of Cugnot Ice Piedmont. Situated 3.59 km northeast of Panhard Nunatak, 4.29 km southeast of Chochoveni Nunatak and 5.66 km southwest of Levassor Nunatak. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Kolobar in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Levassor Nunatak
-63.66667°N, -58.11667°W. A conspicuous horseshoe-shaped nunatak 1 nmi inland in the middle of Cugnot Ice Piedmont. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by UK-APC for Émile Levassor (1844–1897), French engineer, who in 1891 was jointly responsible with René Panhard for a motor car design which originated the principles on which most subsequent developments were based.

Bratsigovo Hills
-63.65278°N, -58°W. A chain of rocky hills rising to 400 m high and extending from the coast of Prince Gustav Channel 4 km northwards. Situated on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont, 3.77 km west of Chernopeev Peak and 6.5 km east-northeast of Levassor Nunatak. German–British mapping in 1996. Named after the town of Bratsigovo in Southern Bulgaria.

Central features
Features around Church Point include, from west to east,

Chapel Hill
-63.68333°N, -57.96667°W. A hill, 140 m high, forming the summit of a headland 1.5 nmi west-southwest of Church Point. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946, who so named it because of its proximity to Church Point.

Shelter Cove
-63.68333°N, -57.95°W. A small coastal indentation on the north shore of Prince Gustav Channel, between Chapel Hill and Church Point. The name, given by UK-APC, is descriptive of the only part of this coast which is sufficiently sheltered from the prevailing southwest winds to afford a reliable camp site.

Chernopeev Peak
-63.65806°N, -57.92472°W. A rocky peak rising to 521 m high on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont, 2.5 km north of Church Point, 102 km east-northeast of Levassor Nunatak, 2.89 km south-southwest of Kribul Hill and 8.5 km southwest of McCalman Peak. German–British mapping in 1996. Named after Hristo Chernopeev (1868-1915), a leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Macedonia.

Church Point
-63.68333°N, -57.91667°W. A point 2 nmi west of Camp Hill. The feature was sighted by Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) in 1903. It was surveyed by FIDS in 1945 and so named because the point rises to a rock peak 355 m high, the sides of which resemble a church steeple.

Striped Hill
-63.66667°N, -57.88333°W. A small ice-free hill, 90 m high, standing near the south shore of Trinity Peninsula, 1 nmi east-northeast of Church Point. Charted and named by the FIDS, 1946. The descriptive name is derived from the stratifications on a small cliff on the seaward side of the hill.

Botany Bay
-63.68333°N, -57.88333°W. A small bay between Church Point and Camp Hill on the south coast of Trinity Peninsula. Surveyed by FIDS, December 1946, and named by UK-APC from the fossil plants collected there.

Camp Hill
-63.68333°N, -57.86667°W. Small ice-free hill, 120 m high, which lies 2 nmi east of Church Point. Charted in 1946 by the FIDS, who so named it because a geological camp was established at the foot of the hill.

Kribul Hill
-63.63306°N, -57.90889°W. A rocky hill rising to 501 m high on Trinity Peninsula. Situated on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont, 2.71 km west-southwest of Gornik Knoll, 5.27 km north of Church Point and 7.88 km south by west of Marten Crag. German–British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Kribul in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Gornik Knoll
-63.62667°N, -57.85611°W. A rocky hill rising to 477 m high on Trinity Peninsula. Situated on the southeast side of Cugnot Ice Piedmont, 3.97 km west-southwest of McCalman Peak, 2.71 km east-northeast of Kribul Hill and 7.25 km south-southeast of Marten Crag. German–British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Gornik in Northern Bulgaria.

McCalman Peak
-63.61667°N, -57.78333°W. The 550 m high summit of an east–west trending ridge 3 nmi north of Crystal Hill. Named by UK-APC for Donald McCalman, FIDS surveyor at Hope Bay, 1958-59.

Crystal Hill
-63.65°N, -57.73333°W. Ice-free hill, 150 m high, forming the summit of a headland between Bald Head and Camp Hill on the south side of Trinity Peninsula. So named by the FIDS because crystals were collected at the foot of the hill in 1945 and 1946.

Yatrus Promontory
-63.61389°N, -57.68611°W. A predominantly ice-free promontory projecting 8 km in east direction into Prince Gustav Channel south of Eyrie Bay. Ending in Jade Point to the east and Bald Head to the southeast. Named after the ancient Roman town of Yatrus in Northern Bulgaria.

Zaldapa Ridge
-63.60833°N, -57.69278°W. A predominantly ice-free ridge extending 4.6 km in an east–west direction and 1.7 km wide on Yatrus Promontory. The ridge's twin rocky summits rise to 385 m and 365 m high respectively, with the higher western one situated 4.55 km east-northeast of McCalman Peak and 4.75 km west by south of Jade Point. Named after the ancient Thracian and Roman town of Zaldapa in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Bald Head
-63.63333°N, -57.6°W. A bare, ice-free headland 8 nmi southwest of View Point. Probably first seen in 1902-03 by J. Gunnar Andersson's party of the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld. The FIDS charted it and applied the descriptive name in 1945.

Jade Point
-63.6°N, -57.58333°W. A gently sloping rocky point forming the south limit of Eyrie Bay. Named by the UK-APC. The lower slopes of the point are permanently sheathed in greenish-tinged ice, which suggested the descriptive name.