Skafida Peak

Skafida Peak ({{langx|bg|връх Скафида|vrah Skafida}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈvrɤx skɐˈfidɐ|IPA}}) is the peak rising to 2071 m[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 near the north end of the main ridge of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free east and south slopes, and surmounts Newcomer Glacier to the east. The peak is named after the medieval fortress of Skafida in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Skafida Peak is located at {{coord|77|42|29.8|S|86|32|23|W|display=inline,title}}, which is 2.43 km southeast of MacDonald Peak, 11.8 km west-southwest of Mount Cornwell in Gromshin Heights, 6.2 km northwest of Mount Crawford, 12.1 km north-northeast of Arzos Peak and 12.3 km east-northeast of Fisher Nunatak. US mapping in 1961.

Maps

[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg Newcomer Glacier.] Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
[http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

References

[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137840 Skafida Peak.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-86.5405373915405,-77.70878048167097,15&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Skafida Peak.] Copernix satellite image

Category:Ellsworth Mountains

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic

Category:Mountains of Ellsworth Land