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Petleshkov Hill

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[[File:Ant-pen-map-Astrolabe.PNG|thumb|Location of [[Astrolabe Island]] in the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] region]]
'''Petleshkov Hill''' (, ‘Petleshkov Halm’ \pet-'lesh-kov 'h&lm\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 221 m in northwestern [[Astrolabe Island]] in [[Bransfield Strait]], [[Antarctica]]. It surmounts [[Mokren Bight]] to the south.

The feature is “named after [[Vasil Petleshkov]] (1845-1876), a leader of the 1876 [[April Uprising of 1876|April Uprising]] for Bulgarian independence, in connection with the settlement of [[Petleshkovo]] in Northeastern Bulgaria.”<ref>[http://bit.ly/2QSKPfa Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica]</ref>

==Location==
Petleshkov Hill is located at , which is 1.2&nbsp;km northeast of [[Damga Point]], 1.32&nbsp;km southeast of [[Raduil Point]] and 2.15&nbsp;km west of [[Drumohar Peak]]. German-British mapping in 1996.

==Maps==
* [http://bit.ly/2vp9iuy Trinity Peninsula.] Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
* [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 upgraded and updated.

==Notes==


==References==
* [http://bit.ly/2QSKPfa Petleshkov Hill.] [[Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research|SCAR]] [[Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica]].




[[Category:Hills of Trinity Peninsula]]
[[Category:Astrolabe Island]]
[[Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic]]




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