Shumen Peak

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

Shumen Peak (Vrah Shumen \'vr&h 'shu-men\) rises to 770 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica and surmounts Charity Glacier to the west, Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the south, and Prespa Glacier to the southeast. The peak is named after the Bulgarian town of Shumen.

Location

The peak is located at 62°43′45.9″S 60°15′05″W / 62.729417°S 60.25139°W / -62.729417; -60.25139Coordinates: 62°43′45.9″S 60°15′05″W / 62.729417°S 60.25139°W / -62.729417; -60.25139, which is 1.53 km south of St. Methodius Peak, 850 m south of Chepelare Peak, 4.42 km west of Needle Peak, 1.65 km southeast of Tervel Peak, 1.44 km north-northwest of Yambol Peak and 3.29 km east-northeast of Veleka Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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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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