Petrich Peak

Location of Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Petrich Peak from Zemen Knoll, with Tangra Mountains in the background.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Petrich Peak (Vrah Petrich \'vr&h 'pet-rich\) is an ice-covered peak of elevation 760 m in central Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which is named after the town of Petrich in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

The peak is located at 62°36′56″S 60°10′39″W / 62.61556°S 60.17750°W / -62.61556; -60.17750Coordinates: 62°36′56″S 60°10′39″W / 62.61556°S 60.17750°W / -62.61556; -60.17750m which is 400 m east of Ticha Peak, 1.98 km southwest of Melnik Peak, and 1.25 km west of the summit of Asparuh Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05).

Maps

References

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


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