Levski Peak
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| height | 1430 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 39 ′ 52 ″ S , 60 ° 6 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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 Map of the Tangra Mountains with Levski Peak |
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The Levski Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Левски wrach Lewski ) is a 1430 m high mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the western foothills of Levski Ridge in the Tangra Mountains, it rises east of Shipka Saddle , 2 km east of Lyaskovets Peak and 2.15 km west of Great Needle Peak . The Huron Glacier is north of it and the Macy Glacier is south of it.
Bulgarian scientists took surveys between 1995 and 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2002 after the Bulgarian freedom fighter Vasil Levski (1837–1873).
Web links
- Levski Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)