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Dryanovo Heights (Dryanovski Vazvisheniya \'drya-nov-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) The ice-covered heights rising to 520 m in the northwest part of Greenwich Island. Extending 13 km in northwest-southeast direction, and 7 km in northeast-southwest direction. Featuring Mount Plymouth in the east, Crutch Peaks in the northwest, Lloyd Hill in the southwest, and Malamir Knoll in the southeast.

Greenwich Island island

Greenwich Island is an island 24 km (15 mi) long and from 0.80 to 9.66 km wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area 142.7 square kilometres (55.1 sq mi). The name Greenwich Island dates back to at least 1821 and is now established in international usage.

Mount Plymouth mountain in Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Mount Plymouth is a conspicuous peak rising to 520 m in the northeast extremity of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak has precipitous and partly ice-free northern slopes, and surmounts Teteven Glacier to the northwest, Quito Glacier to the northeast and Traub Glacier to the southeast.

Crutch Peaks mountain in Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Crutch Peaks is a dark, rocky ridge extending 900 m in north-south direction and rising to 275 m in the north extremity of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Yakoruda Glacier to the south-southwest, Teteven Glacier to the south-southeast, and Miletich Point and Kabile Island to the north.

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Named after the Bulgarian town of Dryanovo.

Registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Location

The midpoint of the feature is located at 62°28′50″S59°52′10″W / 62.48056°S 59.86944°W / -62.48056; -59.86944 Coordinates: 62°28′50″S59°52′10″W / 62.48056°S 59.86944°W / -62.48056; -59.86944 .

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Altsek Nunatak

Altsek Nunatak is a 170-metre-high (560 ft) rocky hill projecting from the Murgash Glacier in Dryanovo Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The peak is named after Khan Altsek, whose Bulgars settled in Italy in the 7th century AD.

Malamir Knoll

Malamir Knoll rises to 200 m in the southeast extremity of the Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has precipitous and ice-free southwest slopes and was named after the Bulgarian ruler Khan Malamir, 831-836 AD.

Murgash Glacier

Murgash Glacier is the 3.4 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated southeast of Yakoruda Glacier, south of Teteven Glacier, southwest of Traub Glacier and west-northwest of Bravo Glacier. It is bounded by Lloyd Hill on the northwest, Tile Ridge on the east and Hebrizelm Hill on the southeast, and drains southwards into Kramolin Cove in McFarlane Strait between Yovkov Point and Kaspichan Point.

Panega Glacier glacier in Antarctica

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Pautalia Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Pautalia Glacier is a small glacier on Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Strandzha Glacier and south of Sopot Ice Piedmont. It is bounded by Petko Voyvoda Peak to the west, Sozopol Gap to the northwest, Kaloyan Nunatak to the north and Shabla Knoll to the east. The glacier extends 700 m in northwest-southeast direction and 1.1 km in southwest-northeast direction, and flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait.

Ropotamo Glacier glacier in Antarctica

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Rose Valley Glacier glacier in Antarctica

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Sevtopolis Peak mountain in Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Sevtopolis Peak is an ice-covered peak of elevation 300 m in Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Teteven Glacier to the west, north and east.

Strandzha Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Strandzha Glacier is located on Burgas Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica northeast of Ropotamo Glacier, south of Sopot Ice Piedmont and southwest of Pautalia Glacier. It is bounded by Delchev Peak to the west, Spartacus Peak, Trigrad Gap and Yavorov Peak to the northwest, and by Elena Peak to the north, extends 1.6 km in northeast-southwest direction and 800 m in northwest-southeast direction, and flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait.

Telerig Nunatak

Telerig Nunatak is a rocky peak of elevation 170 m projecting from the ice cap of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica in the southwest extremity of Dryanovo Heights.

Teteven Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Teteven Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Yakoruda Glacier, west of Quito Glacier, northwest of Traub Glacier and north of Murgash Glacier. It extends 6.5 km in east-west direction and 3.8 km in north-south direction, and drains the north slopes of Dryanovo Heights into the Drake Passage in Haskovo Cove and Skaptopara Cove between Miletich Point and the ice-free area at Agüedo Point.

Wulfila Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Wulfila Glacier is located on the southern slopes of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, south-southwest of Solis Glacier and west of Zheravna Glacier. It is bounded by Oborishte Ridge to the northwest, Nevlya Peak to the north, Terter Peak and Razgrad Peak to the northeast, and Ephraim Bluff to the southeast. The glacier extends 3 km in northwest-southeast direction and 2 km in northeast-southwest direction, draining southwestwards into McFarlane Strait between Ephraim Bluff and the base of Provadiya Hook.

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.

Lloyd Hill

Lloyd Hill is an ice-covered hill rising to 335 m in the southwest of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The hill surmounts Teteven Glacier to the north and Murgash Glacier to the southeast.

Fuerza Aérea Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Fuerza Aérea Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) in a northeast–southwest direction and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in a southeast–northwest direction and draining the northwest slopes of the Breznik Heights to flow northwestwards into Discovery Bay.

Solis Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Solis Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 2.8 km in southeast-northwest direction and 1.8 km in southwest-northeast direction and draining the north slopes of Breznik Heights to flow northwestwards into Yankee Harbour.

Bravo Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Bravo Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 2.1 km in northwest-southeast direction and 2.3 km in southwest-northeast direction and draining the south slopes of Dryanovo Heights to flow southeastwards into Shopski Cove.

Traub Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Traub Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 2.5 km in northwest-southeast direction and 4 km in southwest-northeast direction and draining the east slopes of Dryanovo Heights to flow eastwards into Discovery Bay.

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Antarctic Place-names Commission

The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.


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