Petrich Peak
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Location of Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Petrich Peak from Zemen Knoll.
Petrich Peak (Vrah Petrich \'vr&h 'pet-rich\) is an ice-covered peak of elevation 760 m in central Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which is named after the town of Petrich in Southwestern Bulgaria.
Location
The peak is located at 62°36′56″S 60°10′39″W / 62.61556°S 60.17750°WCoordinates: 62°36′56″S 60°10′39″W / 62.61556°S 60.17750°Wm which is 400 m east of Ticha Peak, 1.98 km southwest of Melnik Peak, and 1.25 km west of the summit of Asparuh Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05).
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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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