St. Sava Peak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

St. Sava Peak (Bulgarian: връх Св. Сава, ‘Vrah Sv. Sava’ \'vr&h sve-'ti 'sa-va\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 800 m in Poibrene Heights on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is overlooking Vaughan Inlet to the east-northeast.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian scholar St. Sava Sedmochislenik (9-10th century AD), a disciple of St. Cyril and St. Methodius.

Location

St. Sava Peak is located at 65°06′53″S 61°53′22″W / 65.11472°S 61.88944°W / -65.11472; -61.88944Coordinates: 65°06′53″S 61°53′22″W / 65.11472°S 61.88944°W / -65.11472; -61.88944, which is 4.9 km north-northwest of Ravnogor Peak, 3.8 km southeast of Kamenov Spur and 12.9 km west-northwest of Whiteside Hill.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

St. Sava Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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