Imeon Range

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Imeon Range
Southern Imeon Range from Osmar Strait, with Mount Foster on the right.
Highest point
Peak	Mount Foster
Elevation	2,105 m (6,906 ft)
Dimensions
Length	30 km (19 mi)
Width	6.8 km (4.2 mi)
Geography
<div style="padding:2px 2px 5px 2px;> Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands
Country	Antarctica
State/Province	South Shetland Islands
Range coordinates	62°58′30″S 62°30′20″E / 62.975°S 62.5056°E / -62.975; 62.5056Coordinates: 62°58′30″S 62°30′20″E / 62.975°S 62.5056°E / -62.975; 62.5056

Imeon Range (Bulgarian: Хребет Имеон, ‘Hrebet Imeon’ \'hre-bet i-me-'on\) (62°58′30″S 62°30′20″W / 62.97500°S 62.50556°W / -62.97500; -62.50556) is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide. Its summit Mount Foster – summit of the South Shetlands archipelago too – is a double peak, the higher south height of which (2105 m) was first climbed on January 30, 1996 by a New Zealand team led by Greg Landreth. Other prominent peaks include Evlogi Peak (2090 m), Antim Peak (2080 m), Mount Pisgah (1860 m), Slaveykov Peak (1760 m), Neofit Peak (1750 m), Drinov Peak (1630 m), Riggs Peak (1690 m) and Mount Christi (1280 m).

The range is named after Mount Imeon (present day Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tian Shan), whose highlands and valleys around upper Oxus River (Amu Darya) were the ancient homeland of Bulgars as described in the seventh century Armenian geography index ‘Ashharatsuyts’ by Anania Shirakatsi.

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