Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Skomlya Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Скомля, ‘Halm Skomlya’ \'h&lm 'sko-mlya\) is a rocky hill rising to 353 m[1] at the base of a promontory that projects from Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, 5.5 km eastwards into Prince Gustav Channel and ending in View Point. Surmounting Duse Bay to the northeast and Eyrie Bay to the southwest.

The hill is named after the settlement of Skomlya in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Skomlya Hill is located at 63°32′45″S 57°30′15″W / 63.54583°S 57.50417°W / -63.54583; -57.50417, which is 9.98 km east of Abel Nunatak, 8.95 km southeast of Theodolite Hill and 6.79 km west of View Point. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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.


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