Elena Peak
Elena Peak (Vrah Elena \'vr&h e-'le-na\) is a 700 m peak in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The peak surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north and Strandzha Glacier to the south, and was named after the Bulgarian town of Elena.
Location
The peak is located at 62°37′50.3″S 59°53′41″W / 62.630639°S 59.89472°WCoordinates: 62°37′50.3″S 59°53′41″W / 62.630639°S 59.89472°W which is 2.29 km east-northeast of Delchev Peak and 5.13 km west-southwest of Renier Point.
Elena Peak in popular culture
The cover of the VA album Under Heaven: Vinson Massif (2010) actually features a photo not of Vinson Massif but of eastern Tangra Mountains instead, with Mugla Passage and Vaptsarov Peak in the foreground, and Elena Peak (left) and Delchev Peak (right) in the background.[1] Both the picture and the misidentification may have possibly originated in the ‘Vinson Massif’ entry of the ‘Seven Summits Quest’ website.[2]
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Notes
- ↑ Under Heaven: Vinson Massif. Album. August 2010.
- ↑ Vinson Massif. The Seven Summits Quest. June 2008.
External links
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.