Hemus Peak
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Hemus Peak (Vrah Hemus \'vr&h 'he-mus\) is an ice-covered peak rising to 636 m off the NW extremity of Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island. The feature is breast-shaped, 850 m long in E-W direction and 550 m wide, and overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the NE and Perunika Glacier to the SW. Hemus is an ancient name of Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains), the central mountain range separating northern from southern Bulgaria.
[edit] Location
The peak is located at which is 1,720 m NW of Mount Bowles (834 m, summit of Bowles Ridge), 920 m N by W of Bowles West Peak, 3,550 m NE of Rezen Knoll, 6,270 m E by N of Aleko Rock, and 3.5 km S by E of Gleaner Heights (531 m) (Rough British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian mapping from a 1995-96 ground survey).
[edit] External links
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
