Dospey Heights

Dospey Heights (Bulgarian: Доспейски възвишения, ‘Dospeyski Vazvisheniya’ \do-'spey-ski va-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the ice-free heights on Ray Promontory in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 6 km southeastwards from Essex Point and Start Point, and 2.6 km wide. Rising to 265 m at Start Hill.

The heights are named after the settlement of Dospey in Rila Mountain, southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Dospey Heights are centred at . British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991 and 1993 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Map

References

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