Kormesiy Peak

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Kormesiy Peak from Bransfield Strait.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Kormesiy Peak (Vrah Kormesiy \'vr&h kor-'me-siy\) is a rocky peak rising to 235 m in the southeast extremity of Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated on the southeast coast of the island, 2.17 km west of Fort Point, 800 m southwest of St. Kiprian Peak, 730 m southeast of Drangov Peak, and 430 m east of Ziezi Peak. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009. Named after Khan Kormesiy of Bulgaria, 721-738 AD.

Coordinates: 62°32′42.4″S 59°37′02″W / 62.545111°S 59.61722°W / -62.545111; -59.61722

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


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