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Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Satellite image of Alexander Island

Breze Peak (Bulgarian: връх Брезе, romanizedvrah Breze, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈbrɛzɛ]) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1634 m[1] in eastern Havre Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Russian Gap to the northeast and Foreman Glacier to the west. The peak was visited on 8 January 1988 by the geological survey team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (British Antarctic Survey).

The feature is named after the settlements of Breze in Southern and Western Bulgaria.

Location

The peak is located at 69°16′30″S 71°17′00″W / 69.27500°S 71.28333°W / -69.27500; -71.28333, which is 11.2 km southeast of Mount Pontida, 13.15 km south-southeast of Mount Newman, 22.5 km west of Mount Sanderson in Rouen Mountains, and 17.37 km north-northwest of the central height of Landers Peaks in Sofia University Mountains.

Maps

Notes

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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