Simeon Peak

Simeon Peak

Simeon Peak from the west slopes of Lyaskovets Peak, with Catalunyan Saddle in the foreground.
Highest point
Elevation 1,576 m (5,171 ft)
Geography
Location Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, 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.

Simeon Peak (Vrah Simeon \'vr&h si-me-'on\) rises to 1,576 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is linked to St. Boris Peak to the northeast by Paril Saddle and surmounts Huntress Glacier to the northwest, Ruen Icefall to the southwest, and Macy Glacier to the east.

The peak is named after Czar Simeon the Great of Bulgaria, 893-927 AD.

Location

The peak is located at 62°41′27″S 60°12′25″W / 62.69083°S 60.20694°W / -62.69083; -60.20694Coordinates: 62°41′27″S 60°12′25″W / 62.69083°S 60.20694°W / -62.69083; -60.20694, which is 2.48 km south-southwest of Mount Friesland, 1.85 km south-southwest of St. Boris Peak and 1.69 km north of St. Cyril Peak (British mapping in 1968, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009 from topographic surveys in 1995/96 and 2004/05).

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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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