Vazharov Peak

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Location of Liège Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Vazharov Peak (Bulgarian : Въжаров връх, romanized: Vazharov vrah, IPA: [vɐˈʒarovˈvrɤx] ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 780 m [1] in Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It surmounts Shterna Glacier to the north, Coria Cove to the east-southeast and Sigmen Glacier to the west-southwest. [2]

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The feature is named after Mihail Vazharov, mechanic at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 1999/2000 and subsequent seasons, and base commander during part of the 2005/06 season. [2]

Location

Vazharov Peak is located at 64°00′35″S61°54′44″W / 64.00972°S 61.91222°W / -64.00972; -61.91222 , which is 2.14 km west by south of Balkanov Peak, 1.67 km north of Mount Kozyak and 3 km southeast of Bebresh Point. British mapping in 1978.

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Notes

  1. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
  2. 1 2 Vazharov Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

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References

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