Petrich Peak
| Petrich Peak | ||
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 View from Zemen Knoll to Petrich Peak |
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| height | 760 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Bowles Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 36 '56 " S , 60 ° 10' 39" W | |
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The Petrich Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Петрич wrach Petritsch ) is a 760 m high and icy mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 0.4 km east of Ticha Peak , 1.98 km southwest of Melnik Peak and 1.25 km west of Asparuh Peak in the center of Bowles Ridge .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in the course of surveying the Tangra Mountains between 2004 and 2005. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the town of Petrich in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Petrich Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)