# Mount Popov

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{{short description|Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica}}

thumb|Location of Heros Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
'''Mount Popov''' ({{langx|bg|Попов връх|Popov vrah}}, {{IPA|bg|poˈpɔv ˈvrɤx|IPA}}) is the broad ice-covered peak with precipitous rocky slopes rising to 1248&nbsp;m<ref name=REMA>[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019</ref> in eastern [Bigla Ridge](/source/Bigla_Ridge) on [Heros Peninsula](/source/Heros_Peninsula), [Foyn Coast](/source/Foyn_Coast) on the [Antarctic Peninsula](/source/Antarctic_Peninsula). It surmounts [Beaglehole Glacier](/source/Beaglehole_Glacier) to the west and [Cabinet Inlet](/source/Cabinet_Inlet) to the northeast.

The feature is named after Todor Popov, physician at [St. Kliment Ohridski Base](/source/St._Kliment_Ohridski_Base) during the 1996/97 and 1997/98 seasons.

==Location==
Mount Popov is located at {{coord|66|31|35|S|63|55|24|W|display=inline, title}}, which is 12.3&nbsp;km southwest of [Balder Point](/source/Balder_Point), 8.96&nbsp;km northwest of [Spur Point](/source/Spur_Point) and 13.3&nbsp;km northeast of [Varad Point](/source/Varad_Point).  British mapping in 1974.

==Maps==
* British Antarctic Territory: Graham Land.  Scale 1:250000 topographic map.  BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19–20.  London, 1974.
* [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==
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==References==
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137678 Mount Popov.] [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) [Composite Antarctic Gazetteer](/source/Composite_Antarctic_Gazetteer).
* [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] [Antarctic Place-names Commission](/source/Antarctic_Place-names_Commission). (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

==External links==
* [https://copernix.io/#?where=-63.90694400000001,-66.538889,13&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Mount Popov.] Copernix satellite image

{{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place}}

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