St. Kiprian Peak

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
St. Kiprian Peak from Bransfield Strait, with Fort Point in the foreground.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

St. Kiprian Peak (Vrah Sv. Kiprian \'vr&h sve-'ti ki-pri-'an\) is a rocky peak of elevation 270 m in the southeast extremity of Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated 1.54 km east of Vratsa Peak, 1.7 km south of Ilarion Ridge, 1.63 km west of Fort Point, and 800 m northeast of Kormesiy Peak. Overlooking Musala Glacier to the north. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian clergyman Kiprian Tsamblak (1330-1406), Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow and all Russia.

Coordinates: 62°32′23.4″S 59°36′22″W / 62.539833°S 59.60611°W

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