Levski Peak (Antarctica)

Levski Peak

Levski Peak from Pirdop Gate
Highest point
Elevation 1,430 m (4,690 ft)
Coordinates 62°39′47.7″S 60°07′03″W / 62.663250°S 60.11750°W / -62.663250; -60.11750Coordinates: 62°39′47.7″S 60°07′03″W / 62.663250°S 60.11750°W / -62.663250; -60.11750
Geography
Location Livingston Island, Antarctica
Parent range Tangra Mountains
Climbing
First ascent unclimbed
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Levski Peak (Bulgarian: Връх Левски, Vrah Levski \'vr&h 'lev-ski\) is a mountain in Antarctica, rising to approximately 1,430 m (4,692 ft) in the western extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts Huron Glacier to the north and Macy Glacier to the south. The peak was named after Vasil Levski (1837–1873), a national hero of the Bulgarian liberation movement.

Location

The peak is located to the east of Shipka Saddle, 1.3 km (0.81 mi) east of Lyaskovets Peak, 3.78 km (2.35 mi) southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 5.37 km (3.34 mi) south of Atanasoff Nunatak, 3.32 km (2.06 mi) west by north of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja), and 3.46 km (2.15 mi) km north by west of St. Naum Peak.

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References

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


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