Great Needle Peak
| Great Needle Peak | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Elevation | ca. 1,690 metres (5,545 feet) |
| Location | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Range | Tangra Mountains |
| Coordinates | 62°40′11″S 60°03′15″W / 62.66972°S 60.05417°WCoordinates: 62°40′11″S 60°03′15″W / 62.66972°S 60.05417°W |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | unclimbed |
Great Needle Peak (Bulgarian: Голям Иглен връх, ‘Golyam Iglen Vrah’ \go-'lyam 'i-glen 'vr&h\; variant name in Spanish: pico Falsa Aguja, ‘False Needle Peak’) is the summit of the central Levski Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Rising to ca. 1690 m, it is the second highest peak of Tangra Mountains after Mount Friesland (1700 m sharp). Great Needle Peak surmounts Devnya Valley and Huron Glacier to the north, Macy Glacier to the southwest, Srebarna Glacier to the south, and Magura Glacier to the east.
The name form ‘Great Needle’ has become established in usage, with ‘great’ considered more suitable than the adjective ‘false’ in its Spanish name form ‘pico Falsa Aguja’ as this heavily glaciated, major peak is hardly associated with the ‘true’ Needle Peak (pico Aguja), a sharp black peak of elevation just 370 m situated near Samuel Point 8 km away.
Location
The peak is located 6.68 km east of Mount Friesland, 3.32 km east by south of Levski Peak, 2.54 km south of Sitalk Peak, 2.15 km southwest of Helmet Peak, and 3.32 km northwest from M'Kean Point.
References
- L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.