Sliven Peak

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Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Sliven Peak from upper Struma Glacier.

Sliven Peak (Vrah Sliven \'vr&h 'sli-ven\) rises to 530 m in the east extremity of Melnik Ridge, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak has precipitous rocky southern slopes and partly ice-free northern slopes, overlooking Kaliakra Glacier to the northwest and Struma Glacier to the south and east.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian town of Sliven.

Location

The peak is located at 62°36′03.5″S 60°07′42″W / 62.600972°S 60.12833°W / -62.600972; -60.12833Coordinates: 62°36′03.5″S 60°07′42″W / 62.600972°S 60.12833°W / -62.600972; -60.12833, which is 1.27 km east of Melnik Peak, 5.3 km southeast of Leslie Hill, 5.77 km south of Perperek Knoll, 2.95 km southwest of Sindel Point and 1.68 km north of Atanasoff Nunatak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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