- Mount Canicula
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Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Mount Canicula (63°43′S 58°30′W / 63.717°S 58.5°W) is a mountain formed of two rock peaks, 890 and 825 metres (2,920 and 2,710 ft) high. It stands 3 miles (5 km) east of Sirius Knoll on the divide separating Russell East Glacier and Russell West Glacier in central Trinity Peninsula, and is linked to Louis-Philippe Plateau to the north by Verdikal Gap,[1] and to Trakiya Heights to southwest by Srem Gap[2]. It was charted in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and named by them because of the association with Sirius Knoll: Canicula is a synonym of Sirius, the dog star.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
Notes
- ^ Srem Gap. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- ^ Verdikal Gap. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
References
- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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