Canetti Peak

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Canetti Peak (Vrah Kaneti \'vr&h ka-'ne-ti\) is a 400 m peak in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island. The peak has precipitous and ice-free western slopes and overlooks Zagore Beach and False Bay to the west and north, and Charity Glacier to the south. The peak was named after Elias Canetti (1905-1994), a Bulgarian-born Nobel laureate in literature.

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The peak is located at 62°43′22″S, 60°19′25″W which is 1.2 km west by southwest of MacKay Peak and 2.2 km north by west of the summit of Veleka Ridge.

The peak was mapped by Bulgaria in 2005.

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.