Levski Peak (Antarctica)

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Levski Peak
Levski Peak from Pirdop Gate
Elevation	1,430 m (4,692 ft)
Location
Location	Livingston Island, Antarctica
Range	Tangra Mountains
Coordinates	62°39′47.7″S 60°07′03″W / 62.663250°S 60.11750°W / -62.663250; -60.11750Coordinates: 62°39′47.7″S 60°07′03″W / 62.663250°S 60.11750°W / -62.663250; -60.11750

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Levski Peak (Bulgarian: Връх Левски, Vrah Levski \'vr&h 'lev-ski\) is a mountain in Antarctica, rising to approximately 1,430 m (4,692 ft) in the western extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts Huron Glacier to the north and Macy Glacier to the south. The peak was named after Vasil Levski (1837–1873), a national hero of the Bulgarian liberation movement.

Location

The peak is located to the east of Shipka Saddle, 1.3 km (0.81 mi) east of Lyaskovets Peak, 3.78 km (2.35 mi) southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 5.37 km (3.34 mi) south of Atanasoff Nunatak, 3.32 km (2.06 mi) west by north of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja), and 3.46 km (2.15 mi) km north by west of St. Naum Peak.

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.

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

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