Radomir Knoll

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

Radomir Knoll from Bransfield Strait, with Prespa Glacier in the foreground and Preslav Crag in the background.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Radomir Knoll (Radomirska Mogila \'ra-do-mir-ska mo-'gi-la\) rises to approximately 300 m in Prespa Glacier, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is formed by the south extremity of an offshoot of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains extending to the south-southeasdr from St. Cyril Peak.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian town of Radomir.

Location

The knoll is located at 62°43′32.8″S 60°11′43″W / 62.725778°S 60.19528°W / -62.725778; -60.19528Coordinates: 62°43′32.8″S 60°11′43″W / 62.725778°S 60.19528°W / -62.725778; -60.19528, which is 1.55 km west of Needle Peak, 2.46 km south-southeast of St. Cyril Peak, 2.66 km northeast of Yambol Peak and 2.15 km northeast of Gela Point (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.