Besapara Hill

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Besapara Hill
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Besapara Hill (Halm Besapara \'h&lm be-sa-'pa-ra\) is a hill of 250m projecting from Sopot Ice Piedmont in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. The hill was mapped in the Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and is named after the ancient Thracian town of Besapara, ancestor of the present Bulgarian city of Pazardzhik.

Sopot Ice Piedmont glacier in Antarctica

Sopot Ice Piedmont is situated on Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, northeast of Iskar Glacier and north of Ropotamo, Strandzha and Pautalia Glaciers. It extends 7.5 km in east-west direction and 2.4 km in south-north direction, drains the northern slopes of Delchev Ridge east of Delchev Peak and Ghiaurov Peak, and flows northward into Moon Bay between Rila Point to the west and Malyovitsa Crag near Renier Point to the east.

Delchev Ridge

Delchev Ridge is the eastern ridge of the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island extending 10 km east-northeastward from Devin Saddle to Renier Point. The ridge is named in association with its summit Delchev Peak.

Tangra Mountains mountain range

Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The range had been nameless until 2001, when it was named after the Bulgar god Tangra.

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Location

The hill is located at 62°37′10″S59°52′02″W / 62.61944°S 59.86722°W / -62.61944; -59.86722 Coordinates: 62°37′10″S59°52′02″W / 62.61944°S 59.86722°W / -62.61944; -59.86722 which is 500m north of Kaloyan Nunatak, 2 km east of Vaptsarov Peak and 1.5 km west of Mesta Peak.

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Kaloyan Nunatak

Kaloyan Nunatak is a conspicuous nunatak in the Tangra Mountains. It is named after Czar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, 1197-1207 AD.

Vaptsarov Peak

Vaptsarov Peak rises to approximately 410 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak has steep and ice free western slopes, and surmounts Ihtiman Hook to the northwest and Sopot Ice Piedmont to the east, north and west.

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Iskar Glacier glacier in Antarctica

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Mesta Peak

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Miziya Peak mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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Murgash Glacier

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Petko Voyvoda Peak

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Radnevo Peak mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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Ravda Peak

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Shabla Knoll hill on the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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Shishman Peak

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Trigrad Gap

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Tryavna Peak

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Vidin Heights

Vidin Heights are predominantly ice-covered heights rising to 604 m on Varna Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is approximately 8 km long from the north end of Leslie Gap east-northeastwards to Inott Point and 9.6 km north-northeastwards to Sayer Nunatak. The summit, Miziya Peak, is located 9.25 km north by east of Mount Bowles, 4.24 km north-northeast of Leslie Hill, 9.47 km south of Williams Point and 7.52 km west of Edinburgh Hill. The heights feature also Samuel Peak 1.9 km east-southeast of Miziya Peak, and Sharp Peak at their east-northeast extremity. The heights surmount Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest, Rose Valley Glacier to the northeast, Debelt Glacier and Panega Glacier to the southeast, and Kaliakra Glacier to the south.

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Yakoruda Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Yakoruda Glacier is a glacier on the west slopes of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated west of Teteven Glacier and northwest of Murgash Glacier. It extends 3.5 km in north-south direction and 2.5 km in east-west direction, is bounded by Greaves Peak, Hrabar Nunatak and Crutch Peak to the north, Lloyd Hill to the east and Kerseblept Nunatak to the south, and drains westwards into Berende Cove, McFarlane Strait.

Yavorov Peak

Yavorov Peak is an ice-covered peak of elevation 640 m in the Delchev Ridge of the Tangra Mountains on eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north and west, and Strandzha Glacier to the southeast. The feature was named after the famous Bulgarian poet Peyo Yavorov (1878–1914).

Zemen Knoll

Zemen Knoll is a peak of 453 m in the Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The knoll overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the southeast, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest and west. The feature is named after the town of Zemen in Western Bulgaria.

Kaspichan Point

Kaspichan Point is a point on the southeast side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated next west of Hebrizelm Hill, 1.4 km northwest of Triangle Point, 2 km south-southwest of Tile Ridge, and 2 km southeast of Yovkov Point. Shape enhanced by recent glacier retreat northwest of the point. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after the town of Kaspichan in northeastern Bulgaria.

References

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