Evlogi Peak

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Evlogi Peak with Mount Foster on the left and Antim Peak on the right

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Evlogi Peak (Bulgarian: връх Евлоги, ‘Vrah Evlogi’ \'vr&h e-'vlo-gi\) is a peak rising to 2090 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 1 km north-northeast of the summit Mount Foster, and 1.3 km southwest of Antim Peak, with intervening saddles of elevation 1950 and 1800 m (Vakarel Saddle) respectively. Overlooking Chuprene Glacier to the northwest, Pashuk Glacier to the east and Rupite Glacier to the southeast. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010. Named after the Bulgarian financier, industrialist and philanthropist Evlogi Georgiev (1819–1897) whose endowment funded the construction of Sofia University’s main building.

Coordinates: 62°59′18″S 62°32′24″W / 62.98833°S 62.54000°W / -62.98833; -62.54000

Map

L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)

References

Evlogi Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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

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