St. Sofroniy Knoll

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St. Sofroniy Knoll
Map of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island) with the northern part of Snow Island (bottom left) and the St. Sofroniy Knoll

Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with the northern part of Snow Island (bottom left) and the St. Sofroniy Knoll

height 107  m
location Snow Island , South Shetland Islands
Coordinates 62 ° 43 '49 "  S , 61 ° 13' 12"  W Coordinates: 62 ° 43 '49 "  S , 61 ° 13' 12"  W.
St. Sofroniy Knoll (South Shetland Islands)
St. Sofroniy Knoll

The St. Sofroniy Knoll (English; Bulgarian Св. Софрониева могила Sw. Sofroniewa mogila ) is a 107  m high hill on Snow Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 1.3 km southwest of the President Head .

British scientists mapped it in 1968. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2006 after the Bulgarian Bishop Sophronius von Wraza (1739-1813), an activist of the Bulgarian National Revival .

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