Hemus Peak
| Hemus Peak | ||
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 View from Zemen Knoll to Hemus Peak |
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| height | 636 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 36 ′ 18 ″ S , 60 ° 13 ′ 25 ″ W | |
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 Map of Livingston Island with Hemus Peak |
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The Hemus Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Хемус wrach Chemus ) is an icy and 636 m high mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises on the northwestern extension of Mount Bowles 1.72 km northwest of its highest point, 0.92 km north to west of Bowles West Peak , 3.55 km northeast of Rezen Knoll , 6.27 km east to north of Aleko Rock and 3 , 3 miles south to east of Gleaner Heights . The mountain is cone-shaped, 850 m long and 550 m wide in an east-west extension. To the west-southwest of it lies the Perunika Glacier , which is fed by a small tributary glacier from the area between Hemus Peak and Bowles West Peak.
The name was given by Bulgarian scientists on June 24, 1996. Chemus is a traditional name for the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria.
Web links
- Hemus Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hemus Peak on geographic.org (English)