Helmet Peak (Livingston Island)

Helmet Peak

Helmet Peak from Lyaskovets Peak
Highest point
Elevation 1,254 m (4,114 ft)[1]
Coordinates 62°39′S 60°01′W / 62.650°S 60.017°W / -62.650; -60.017Coordinates: 62°39′S 60°01′W / 62.650°S 60.017°W / -62.650; -60.017[2]
Geography
Location Livingston Island, Antarctica
Parent range Tangra Mountains
Climbing
First ascent unclimbed
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Helmet Peak is a conspicuous peak rising to 1,254 metres (4,114 ft) in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica just southward of the mouth of Huron Glacier. It is bounded by Devnya Valley to the west, Iskar Glacier to the northeast, and Magura Glacier to the southeast, and has precipitous west and east slopes. It was named by Discovery Investigations personnel during the period 1926–32.[2]

Location

The peak is located at (62°40′11″S 60°03′15″W / 62.66972°S 60.05417°W / -62.66972; -60.05417) which is 2.15 km northeast of Great Needle Peak, 1.66 km east-southeast of Tutrakan Peak, 1.39 km south of Intuition Peak, 1.17 km west of Plovdiv Peak and 2.8 km north of Radichkov Peak.

Maps

References

  1. L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution). Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  2. 1 2 "Helmet Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Helmet Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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