Mezek Peak
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 Map of Smith Island with Mezek Peak (center) |
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| height | 1650 m | |
| location | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Imeon Range | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 56 '20 " S , 62 ° 26' 43" W | |
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The Mezek Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Мезек wrach Mesek ) is a 1650 m high and pointed mountain on Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Imeon Range it rises 1.2 km east of Mount Pisgah and 3.9 km southwest to south of Mount Christi . The Dalgopol Glacier is northwest of it.
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2008. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in the same year after the medieval Mesek fortress in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Mezek Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)