Slaveykov Peak

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Slaveykov Peak with Mount Foster on the right.

Topographic map of Smith Island.

Slaveykov Peak (Bulgarian: Славейков Връх, ‘Slaveykov Vrah’ \sla-'vey-kov 'vr&h\) (63°00′36″S 62°34′28″W / 63.01000°S 62.57444°W / -63.01000; -62.57444Coordinates: 63°00′36″S 62°34′28″W / 63.01000°S 62.57444°W / -63.01000; -62.57444) is the sharp peak rising to 1760 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, to which it is linked by Zavet Saddle, 1.12 km north-northeast of Neofit Peak, 2.4 km east of Lakatnik Point and 3.45 km northwest of Ivan Asen Point. Overlooking Armira Glacier to the southeast and Bistra Glacier to the north. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

The peak is named after the prominent Bulgarian poet and pamphleteer Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895).

See also

Map

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

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

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