Plovdiv Peak
| Plovdiv Peak | ||
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| height | 1040 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 39 '12 " S , 60 ° 0' 35" W | |
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 Map of the Tangra Mountains with Plovdiv Peak |
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The Plovdiv Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Пловдив wrach Plovdiv ) is a 1040 m high mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . At the eastern end of Levski Ridge in the Tangra Mountains, it rises 3.25 km east-northeast of Great Needle Peak , 1.2 km east of Helmet Peak , 4.2 km north of M'Kean Point and 4.3 km south-southwest of Rila Point on. The Magura Glacier lies south and the Iskar Glacier north-northeast of it.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named the mountain in 2002 after the city of Plovdiv in the south-central part of Bulgaria .
Web links
- Plovdiv Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)