Radnevo Peak

Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Radnevo Peak from Zemen Knoll.

Radnevo Peak (Vrah Radnevo \'vr&h 'rad-ne-vo\) is a peak of elevation 481 m forming the southwest extremity of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Kaliakra Glacier to the southeast and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest. Linked to Leslie Hill by Leslie Gap. The peak is named after the town of Radnevo in Southeastern Bulgaria.

First ascent by Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia on 25 December 2004.

Location

The peak is located at 62°32′36.4″S 60°10′37″W / 62.543444°S 60.17694°W / -62.543444; -60.17694Coordinates: 62°32′36.4″S 60°10′37″W / 62.543444°S 60.17694°W / -62.543444; -60.17694 which is 1.08 km southwest of Miziya Peak, 2.42 km west of Samuel Peak, 6.61 km north-northwest of Melnik Peak and 3.16 km north-northeast of Leslie Hill (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey).

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.

References

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• L.L. Ivanov, Livingston Island: Tangra Mountains, Komini Peak, west slope new rock route; Lyaskovets Peak, first ascent; Zograf Peak, first ascent; Vidin Heights, Melnik Peak, Melnik Ridge, first ascent, The American Alpine Journal, 2005, 312-315.

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