St. Ivan Rilski Col
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| part of | Tangra Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 40 ′ S , 60 ° 6 ′ W | |
 Map of the Tangra Mountains with the St. Ivan Rilski Col |
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The St. Ivan Rilski Col (English; Bulgarian рид Свети Иван Рилски rid Sweti Iwan Rilski ) is a striking, icy, 2.3 km long and up to 1350 m high mountain ridge with east-west orientation on Livingston Island in the archipelago South Shetland Islands . In the Levski Ridge of the Tangra Mountains , it connects the Great Needle Peak with the Levski Peak . It is part of the watershed between the catchment areas of the Huron Glacier in the north and the head end of the Macy Glacier in the south.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named him in 2004 after Iwan Rilski (876-946), the most important saint of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church .
Web links
- St. Ivan Rilski Col in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)