Ahtopol Peak
| Ahtopol Peak | |
|---|---|
 Ahtopol Peak from Zemen Knoll | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) |
| Coordinates | 62°32′34″S 60°08′42″W / 62.54278°S 60.14500°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
Ahtopol Peak (Bulgarian: връх Ахтопол, romanized: vrah Ahtopol, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ɐxˈtɔpoɫ]) is a sharp peak 510m in the Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island. The peak is named after the Black Sea town of Ahtopol, Bulgaria.
Location
The peak is located at 62°32′34″S 60°08′42″W / 62.54278°S 60.14500°W which is 1.28 km southeast of
Leslie Hill and 6.58 km north of Melnik Peak
.
The peak was first mapped in the Bulgarian Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey.
See also
- List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
- Antarctic Place-names Commission
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.
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1
References
- Ahtopol Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Ahtopol Peak. Copernix satellite image