Dospat Peak

Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Dospat Peak from Zemen Knoll.

Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

Dospat Peak (Bulgarian: Vrah Dospat /'vr&h dos-'pat/, Greek: Koryfí Dospátis /'ko-ri-'fi dos-'pa-tis/) is a 500 m (1,600 ft) mountain peak in the Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, part of the South Shetland Islands off the coast of Antarctica. The peak is named after the town of Dospat in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

The peak is located at 62°32′23″S 60°08′45″W / 62.53972°S 60.14583°W / -62.53972; -60.14583Coordinates: 62°32′23″S 60°08′45″W / 62.53972°S 60.14583°W / -62.53972; -60.14583 which is 1 km east-southeast of Miziya Peak, 930 m south of Krichim Peak and 340 m north of Ahtopol Peak. (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey.)

Maps

L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

External links

Dospat Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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

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