Academia Peak
| Academia Peak | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | ~ 1,130 metres {~ 3,707 feet} |
| Coordinates | 62°40′13″S 60°12′30″W / 62.67028°S 60.20833°WCoordinates: 62°40′13″S 60°12′30″W / 62.67028°S 60.20833°W |
| Geography | |
  Academia Peak | |
| Parent range | Tangra Mountains |
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Academia Peak (Vrah Akademiya \'vr&h a-ka-'de-mi-ya\) is a peak rising to approximately 1,130 m in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak has precipitous and ice-free north-western slopes and surmounts Huntress Glacier to the northwest and southwest.
Location
The peak is located 1 km northwest of St. Boris Peak, 2.96 km south by southeast of the summit of Pliska Ridge and 3.9 km east by southeast of Willan Nunatak. Named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (established 1869) for its important role in the Bulgarian Antarctic research.
The peak was first mapped by Bulgaria in 2005.
See also
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
- Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Academia Peak.
- Reference Map
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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