Troyan Peak

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Troyan Peak from Balkan Snowfield, with Stambolov Crag on the left and Lom Peak on the right.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Troyan Peak (Vrah Troyan \'vr&h tro-'yan\) is a peak rising to 810 m in the Friesland Ridge of the Tangra Mountains in Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a steep snow free west slope and surmounts the Ruen Icefall to the north, west and south. The peak is named after the Bulgarian town of Troyan.

Location

The peak is located at 62°42′11.1″S 60°14′32″W / 62.703083°S 60.24222°W / -62.703083; -60.24222Coordinates: 62°42′11.1″S 60°14′32″W / 62.703083°S 60.24222°W / -62.703083; -60.24222, which is 1.42 km west by north of St. Cyril Peak, 1.44 km north of St. Methodius Peak, 1.31 km northeast of Lom Peak and 1.2 km south of Stambolov Crag (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

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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