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Rasnik Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rasnik Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The sharp, partly ice-covered peak rising to 900 m at the SW extremity of Chiren Heights on Velingrad Peninsula, Graham Coast in Graham Land. Situated 17 km E of Lens Peak, 6.75 km SE of Coblentz Peak and 9.9 km N of Ezerets Knoll. Steep and partly ice-free NW and SE slopes. Surmounts Hugi Glacier and its tributary Caulfield Glacier to the S, and Holtedahl Bay to the W. British mapping in 1976. Named after the settlement of Rasnik in Western Bulgaria.
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