Yambol Peak
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 View from the Bransfield Strait to Yambol Peak with the Tarnowo Piedmont Glacier in the foreground |
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| height | 300 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 44 ′ 18 ″ S , 60 ° 14 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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 Map of the Tangra Mountains with Yambol Peak (bottom left) |
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The Yambol Peak ( Bulgarian връх Ямбол wrach Jambol ) is a 300 m high mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Friesland Ridge of the Tangra Mountains, it rises 1.4 km southeast of Shumen Peak , 4.75 km northeast of Botev Point and 4.6 km west-southwest of Samuel Point . The Tarnowo Piedmont Glacier is to the west of it, the Prespa Glacier to the northeast.
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named the mountain in 2002 after the city of Yambol in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Yambol Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)