Helmet Peak (Livingston Island)
| Helmet Peak | |
|---|---|
 Helmet Peak from Lyaskovets Peak | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,254 m (4,114 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 62°39′S 60°01′W / 62.650°S 60.017°WCoordinates: 62°39′S 60°01′W / 62.650°S 60.017°W [2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Parent range | Tangra Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | unclimbed |
Helmet Peak is a conspicuous peak rising to 1,254 metres (4,114 ft) in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica just southward of the mouth of Huron Glacier. It is bounded by Devnya Valley to the west, Iskar Glacier to the northeast, and Magura Glacier to the southeast, and has precipitous west and east slopes. It was named by Discovery Investigations personnel during the period 1926–32.[2]
Location
The peak is located at (62°40′11″S 60°03′15″W / 62.66972°S 60.05417°W) which is 2.15 km northeast of Great Needle Peak, 1.66 km east-southeast of Tutrakan Peak, 1.39 km south of Intuition Peak, 1.17 km west of Plovdiv Peak and 2.8 km north of Radichkov Peak.
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
- ↑ L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution). Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- 1 2 "Helmet Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Helmet Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).