Peter Peak

Peter Peak (Petrov Vrah \pe-'trov 'vr&h\) is an 850 m knob in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Iskar Glacier to the west, Bruix Cove to the northwest and Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north and east.

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

Location

The cliff is located at which is 550 m northwest of Delchev Peak, 2.62 km southeast by south of Rila Point, 1.72 km south-southwest of Yavorov Peak and 1.76 km southwest of Rodopi Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

Notes

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