Botev Peak, Livingston Island
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Mountain
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rising to about 370 m in the southern extremity of the Veleka Ridge
Veleka Ridge
Veleka Ridge is a predominantly ice-free ridge extending 3 km between Charity Glacier in the north and Botev Point in the south, and 1.3 km wide, in the southwest extremity of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ice-free...
of Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica overlooking Tarnovo Ice Piedmont
Tarnovo Ice Piedmont
Tarnovo Ice Piedmont on Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is extending 3.5 km in east-west direction and 2.5 km in north-south direction...
to the east-northeast, Botev Point
Botev Point
Botev Point is the south extremity of both Rozhen Peninsula and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Botev Peak in the Veleka Ridge of Tangra Mountains....
to the south, Barnard Point
Barnard Point
Barnard Point is a headland which marks the southeast side of the entrance to False Bay on the south side of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. This point was known to sealers as early as 1822. The name was applied about a century later, probably after Mount Barnard ...
to the west and Arkutino Beach
Arkutino Beach
Arkutino Beach is a beach extending 1.8 km on the east coast of False Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The beach is bounded by Charity Glacier to the north, Barnard Point to the south, and Veleka Ridge to the east. It is snow-free in the summer...
to the northwest. The feature takes its name from the adjacent Botev Point
Botev Point
Botev Point is the south extremity of both Rozhen Peninsula and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Botev Peak in the Veleka Ridge of Tangra Mountains....
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Location
The peak is located at 62°45′19.8"S 60°18′31"W which is 1.48 km south of Veleka Peak, 740 m south of Dobrich KnollDobrich Knoll
Dobrich Knoll rises to over 400 m in the middle of Veleka Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island. Overlooking Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the east and Arkutino Beach to the west. The knoll is named after the Bulgarian city of Dobrich.-Location:The knoll is 740 m south of the summit of...
and 4.05 km west-southwest of Yambol Peak
Yambol Peak
Yambol Peak is a rocky peak rising to 300 m in the south extremity of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and overlooking Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the west and Prespa Glacier to the northeast. The ice-free surface area of the peak is . ...
. The peak was mapped by Bulgaria in 2005 and 2009 and is registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
