Peter Peak

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Peter Peak (Petrov Vrah \pe-'trov 'vr&h\) is an 850m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Iskar Glacier to the W, Bruix Cove to the NW and Sopot Ice Piedmont to the N.

The peak is named after Czar Peter II of Bulgaria, 1185 - 1197 AD, who together with his brother Czar Asen I restored Bulgaria’s independence to establish the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.^[1]

[edit] Location

The cliff is located at 62°38′16″S, 59°56′43″W which is 550 m NW of Delchev Peak, 2.7 km SE by S of Rila Point, 1.9 km W by S of Yavorov Peak and 1.8 km SW of Rodopi Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005).

[edit] External links

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

• Reference Map

[edit] References

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