St. Cyril Peak

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St. Cyril Peak (Vrah Sv. Kiril \'vr&h sve-'ti 'ki-ril\) rises to 1,505m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica

The peak is "named after St. Cyril (827-869 AD) who, together with St. Methodius, created the Glagolitic alphabet and translated the Holy Books into Bulgarian language"[1].

[edit] Location

The peak is located at 62°42′15″S, 60°12′57″W which is 4 km SSW of Mount Friesland, 1.4 km S of Simeon Peak and 4.15 km NW of Samuel Point (Bulgarian topographic survey in 1995/96, and mapping in 2005).

[edit] External links

  1. ^ SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

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