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Avroleva Heights

Coordinates: 64°13′10″S 62°08′50″W / 64.21944°S 62.14722°W / -64.21944; -62.14722
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Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Avroleva Heights (Bulgarian: Възвишения Авролева, romanizedVazvisheniya Avroleva) are the mostly ice-covered heights rising to 1137 m (Opizo Peak)[1] on the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. They extend 7.3 km in north-south direction from Hill Bay to Svetovrachene Glacier, and 7.3 km in east-west direction from Mitchell Point to Doriones Saddle, which saddle connects the heights to Taran Plateau in Stribog Mountains. The heights have steep and partly ice-free north and east slopes.

Avroleva is the medieval name of a mountain in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

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Avroleva Heights are centred at 64°13′10″S 62°08′50″W / 64.21944°S 62.14722°W / -64.21944; -62.14722. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

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Notes

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  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Avroleva Heights are seen on the near side of the left part of the island.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.