Ghiaurov_Peak

Ghiaurov Peak

Ghiaurov Peak

Peak in the Tangra Mountains, Antarctica

Ghiaurov Peak (Bulgarian: Гяуров връх, romanized: Gyaurov vrah, IPA: [ɟɐˈurov ˈvrɤx]) is a rocky 250 m peak in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is named after the famous Bulgarian singer Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929–2004).

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Ghiaurov Peak from Kuzman Knoll.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

Location

The peak is located at 62°37′40″S 59°57′49″W, which is 960 m south-southeast of Rila Point, 650 m north-northwest of Kazanlak Peak and 2.19 km north-northwest of Delchev Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey).

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


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


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