Lyaskovets Peak
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| Elevation | 1,473 metres (4,812 feet) |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Range | Tangra Mountains |
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| First ascent | 2004 |
| Easiest route | snow/glacier |
Lyaskovets Peak (Vrah Lyaskovets \'vr&h 'lyas-ko-vets\) is the easternmost peak of Friesland Ridge in the Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island and has an elevation 1,473 m. The first ascent was on 14 December 2004 by the Tangra 2004/05 Survey team (Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev) from Camp Academia and Catalunyan Saddle.
The peak is bounded by Catalunyan Saddle to the W and Shipka Saddle to the E and is heavily glaciated and crevassed, with precipitous western, southern and eastern slopes. The peak surmounts Huron Glacier to the NW and NE, and Macy Glacier and Brunow Bay area to the S. Its northern offshoot forms Zograf Peak is linked to Lozen Nunatak, Erma Knoll and Aheloy Nunatak in Huron Glacier.
Lyaskovets is a town in central northern Bulgaria.
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[edit] Location
The peak is located 2.37 km ENE of Mount Friesland (the summit of Friesland Ridge, 1,700 m), 3.2 km SSE of Kuzman Knoll, 1.33 km S by E of Zograf Peak, 1.35 km W of Levski Peak, and 4.7 km W by N of Great Needle Peak (the summit of Levski Ridge, approx. 1,700 m) (UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapping in 1968, Bulgarian mapping in 2005).
[edit] See also
- Geographical features on Livingston Island
- Camp Academia
- Livingston Island
- Tangra 2004/05 Expedition
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[edit] References
- L.L. Ivanov, Livingston Island: Tangra Mountains, Komini Peak, west slope new rock route; Lyaskovets Peak, first ascent; Zograf Peak, first ascent; Vidin Heights, Melnik Peak, Melnik Ridge, first ascent, The American Alpine Journal, 2005, 312-315
- Livingston Island, Climb Magazine, Issue 14, Kettering, UK, April 2006, 89-91
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
