Samuel Peak

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Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Varna-Peninsula-location-map.png
Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Samuel Peak from Radnevo Peak, with Ahtopol Peak in the foreground. Samuel-Peak.jpg
Samuel Peak from Radnevo Peak, with Ahtopol Peak in the foreground.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Samuel Peak is the 540 m peak in central Vidin Heights, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Panega Glacier to the east and Kaliakra Glacier to the south.

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The peak is named after the American sealing ship Samuel under Captain Robert Inott, which visited the islands in 1820–21.

Location

Samuel Peak is located at 62°32′30″S60°07′51″W / 62.54167°S 60.13083°W / -62.54167; -60.13083 , which is 4.78 km northeast of Leslie Hill, 1.9 km east-southeast of Miziya Peak, 5.7 km west of Edinburgh Hill and 6.76 km north by east of Melnik Peak. (British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

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