Imeon Range

Imeon Range
Southern Imeon Range from Osmar Strait, with Mount Foster on the right.
Highest point
Peak	Mount Foster
Elevation	2,105 m (6,906 ft)
Dimensions
Length	30 km (19 mi)
Width	6.8 km (4.2 mi)
Geography
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands
Country	Antarctica
State/Province	South Shetland Islands
Range coordinates	62°58′30″S 62°30′20″W / 62.975°S 62.5056°W / -62.975; -62.5056Coordinates: 62°58′30″S 62°30′20″W / 62.975°S 62.5056°W / -62.975; -62.5056

Topographic map of Smith Island.

Imeon Range (Bulgarian: Хребет Имеон, ‘Hrebet Imeon’ \'hre-bet i-me-'on\) (62°58′30″S 62°30′20″W / 62.97500°S 62.50556°W / -62.97500; -62.50556) is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide. Its summit Mount Foster – summit of the South Shetlands archipelago too – is a double peak, the higher south height of which (2105 m) was first climbed on January 30, 1996 by a New Zealand team led by Greg Landreth. Other prominent peaks include Evlogi Peak (2090 m), Antim Peak (2080 m), Mount Pisgah (1860 m), Slaveykov Peak (1760 m), Neofit Peak (1750 m), Drinov Peak (1630 m), Riggs Peak (1690 m) and Mount Christi (1280 m).

The range is named after Mount Imeon (present day Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tian Shan), whose highlands and valleys around upper Oxus River (Amu Darya) were described as the ancient homeland of Bulgars by the seventh century Armenian geography index ‘Ashharatsuyts’ by Anania Shirakatsi.

Map

L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)

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