Earth:Levski Peak (Antarctica)

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Short description: Mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Levski Peak
Levski-Peak.jpg
Levski Peak from Pirdop Gate
Highest point
Elevation1,430 m (4,690 ft)
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 62°39′47.7″S 60°07′03″W / 62.66325°S 60.1175°W / -62.66325; -60.1175
Geography
LocationLivingston Island, Antarctica
Parent rangeTangra Mountains
Climbing
First ascentunclimbed
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Bowles Ridge and central Tangra Mountains featuring Levski Peak

Levski Peak (Bulgarian: връх Левски, romanized: vrah Levski, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈɫɛfski]) is a mountain in Antarctica, rising to approximately 1,430 m (4,692 ft) in the western extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts Huron Glacier to the north and Macy Glacier to the south. The peak was named after Vasil Levski (1837–1873), a national hero of the Bulgarian liberation movement.

Location

The peak is located to the east of Shipka Saddle, 1.3 km (0.81 mi) east of Lyaskovets Peak, 3.78 km (2.35 mi) southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 5.37 km (3.34 mi) south of Atanasoff Nunatak, 3.32 km (2.06 mi) west by north of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja), and 3.46 km (2.15 mi) km north by west of St. Naum Peak.

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North view of Tangra Mountains depicting (left to right) Great Needle Peak, Levski Peak, Lyaskovets Peak, Mount Friesland, St. Boris Peak and Simeon Peak, with Desolation Island in the foreground; fragment of an illustration to George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands

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