Asen Peak
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| height | 800 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 '52 " S , 59 ° 56' 50" W | |
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 Map of the Tangra Mountains with Asen Peak |
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The Asen Peak (English; Bulgarian Асенов връх Asenow wrach ) is an over 800 m high mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Delchev Ridge of the Tangra Mountains, it rises 1.1 km south of Peter Peak . The Iskar Glacier and Bruix Cove lie northwest of it. The Ropotamo Glacier east-southeast and the Dobruja Glacier south.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named him in 2004 after Iwan Assen II. († 1241), from 1218 until his death Tsar of the Second Bulgarian Empire .
Web links
- Asen Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)