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

Mount Devol (Bulgarian: връх Девол, romanizedvrah Devol, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ dɛˈvɔɫ]) is the ice-covered mountain rising to 1626 m[1] in Lassus Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the east and Narechen Glacier to the west. The feature is named after the town and region of Devol in medieval Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

The mountain is located at 69°35′08″S 71°29′15″W / 69.58556°S 71.48750°W / -69.58556; -71.48750, which is 10.24 km south by east of Mount Wilbye, 8.7 km southwest of Mount Kliment Ohridski in Sofia University Mountains, 8.77 km west of Rachenitsa Nunatak, 2.7 km north by west of Moriseni Peak and 9.5 km east by north of Faulkner Nunatak.

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.