Zograf Peak
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| Elevation | 1,011 metres {3,316 feet} |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Range | Tangra Mountains |
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| First ascent | 2004 |
| Easiest route | snow/glacier |
Zograf Peak (Vrah Zograf \'vr&h zo-'graf\) rises to 1,011 metres at the northeastern extremity of the Friesland Ridge in the Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak is heavily glaciated and crevassed, with precipitous and partly ice-free northern slopes. The peak surmounts Huron Glacier to the north and is accessible via the saddle at 975m linking it to the north rib of Lyaskovets Peak.
[edit] Location
The peak is located 1.33km north by west of Lyaskovets Peak, 3.9km south by west of Maritsa Peak, 1.88km south-southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 4.26km east by south of the summit of Pliska Ridge and 1.55km west of Komini Peak.
The peak was first ascended on 31 December 2004 and is named after the Bulgarian monastery Sv. Georgi Zografski (St. George of Zograf) on Mount Athos.
[edit] Camp Academia
The northwestern foothills of Zograf Peak are known as Camp Academia, a central location in the upper Huron Glacier, Wörner Gap area, eastern Livingston Island ( ). This location can be accessed by an 11km route from St. Kliment Ohridski base, or a 12.5km route from Juan Carlos I base. The site offers convenient overland access to the Tangra Mountains to the south; Bowles Ridge, Vidin Heights, Kaliakra Glacier and Saedinenie Snowfield areas to the north; Huron Glacier to the east and Perunika Glacier and Huntress Glacier to the west.
Camp Academia hosted the base camp of the Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 from 3 December 2004 until 2 January 2005 and was named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in appreciation of that academy’s contribution to Antarctic exploration. Since 2004 the site has been designated as the summer post office Tangra 1091 of the Bulgarian Posts Plc.
Zograf Peak and Camp Academia were mapped in 2005 from the topographic survey Tangra 2004/05.
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Note: Text authorized for publication in Wikipedia by the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria.
