Kanchov Peak

Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Kanchov Peak (Bulgarian: Кънчов връх, romanizedKanchov vrah, IPA: [ˈkɤnt͡ʃov ˈvrɤx]) is the rocky peak rising to 1272 m[1] on the west coast of Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature has steep and partly ice-free slopes, surmounting Lallemand Fjord to the west, Salmon Cove to the north, and Field Glacier to the southeast and south.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and historian Vasil Kanchov (1862–1902).

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2022