Tervel Peak
| Tervel Peak | ||
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 Tervel Peak (in the background) |
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| height | 810 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 42 ′ 58 ″ S , 60 ° 16 ′ 16 ″ W | |
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 Map of the Tangra Mountains with Tervel Peak (bottom left) |
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The Tervel Peak ( Bulgarian връх Тервел wrach Terwel ) is a 810 m high mountain with three peaks on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Friesland Ridge of the Tangra Mountains, it rises 1.2 km west of St. Methodius Peak , 1.57 km east-northeast of MacKay Peak and 5.75 km northeast of Barnard Point .
Bulgarian scientists carried out surveys from 1995 to 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named the mountain in 2002 after Terwel , the second ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire in the 8th century .
Web links
- Tervel Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)