St. Sofroniy Knoll

Location of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands.

St. Sofroniy Knoll (Bulgarian: Св. Софрониева могила, ‘Sv. Sofronieva Mogila’ \ sve-'ti so-'fro-ni-e-va mo-'gi-la\) is the hill rising to 107 m on the small ice-free peninsula of President Head in the northeast extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 1.3 km southwest of the extreme northeast point of the peninsula.

The knoll is named after St. Sofroniy Vrachanski (Sophronius of Vratsa, born Stoyko Vladislavov; 1739–1813), a leading figure in the Bulgarian National Revival.

Location

St. Sofroniy Knoll is located at 62°43′49″S 61°13′12″W / 62.73028°S 61.22000°W / -62.73028; -61.22000Coordinates: 62°43′49″S 61°13′12″W / 62.73028°S 61.22000°W / -62.73028; -61.22000. British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009.

Map

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

St. Sofroniy Knoll. 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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