Vetrovala Peak
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Vetrovala Peak is the rocky peak rising to 800 m in the south part of Aldomir Ridge
Aldomir Ridge
Aldomir Ridge is the mostly ice-free ridge on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, bounded by Sjögren Glacier to the west and Boydell Glacier to the east...

 on southern Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula
Trinity Peninsula is the extreme northern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, extending northeastward for about from a line connecting Cape Kjellman and Cape Longing. Dating back more than a century, chartmakers used various names for this portion of the Antarctic peninsula, each name having some...

 in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

, Antarctica. It is situated at the head of Sjögren Inlet
Sjögren Inlet
Sjögren Inlet is an inlet exposed following the retreat of Sjögren Glacier, approximately 17 km long, running east-southeast from the base of Sjögren Glacier, Trinity Peninsula, into Prince Gustav Channel, north of Longing Peninsula. Entered south of Mount Wild. The inlet is named in...

 between the termini
Glacier terminus
A glacier terminus, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time. Although glaciers seem motionless to the observer, in reality glaciers are in endless motion and the glacier terminus is always either advancing or retreating...

 of Sjögren
Sjogren Glacier
Sjogren Glacier is a glacier 12.5 miles long in the south part of Trinity Peninsula, flowing southeast from Detroit Plateau to enter Prince Gustav Channel at the head of Sjögren Inlet, south of the terminus of Boydell Glacier. Discovered in 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under...

 and Boydell Glacier
Boydell Glacier
Boydell Glacier is a glacier on Trinity Peninsula in northern Graham Land. It is about long, flowing southeastward from Detroit Plateau to enter Sjögren Inlet in Prince Gustav Channel north of the terminus of Sjögren Glacier and west of Mount Wild...

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The peak is named after Vetrovala site in Vitosha Mountain
Vitosha
Vitosha is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the tourists symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Convenient bus lines and rope ways render the mountain easily accessible. Vitosha has the outlines of an enormous...

, Western Bulgaria.

Location

Vetrovala Peak is located at 64°12′07"S 59°06′19"W, which is 11.47 km south by east of Lobosh Peak
Lobosh Peak
Lobosh Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 1000 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, east of the upper course of Boydell Glacier...

, 11.92 km west of Mount Wild
Mount Wild (Graham Land)
Mount Wild is a sharply defined rock ridge with several summits, the highest 945 m, standing at the north side of the entrance to Sjögren Inlet on the east coast of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. First charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1945 and named for Frank...

, 6.33 km north-northeast of Draka Nunatak
Draka Nunatak
Draka Nunatak is the lens-shaped rocky ridge extending 4.2 km and 1.9 km wide, with twin heights rising to 750 m on the southwest coast of Sjögren Inlet on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica....

, 11.83 km east of Mount Hornsby
Mount Hornsby
Mount Hornsby is a prominent snow-capped mountain on the south side of the middle reaches of Sjogren Glacier, Trinity Peninsula. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...

 and 8.2 km southeast of Survakari Nunatak
Survakari Nunatak
Survakari Nunatak is the rocky hill rising to 600 m in upper Sjögren Glacier, in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica....

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