Plana Peak

Plana Peak

Plana Peak from near Ravda Peak
Highest point
Elevation 740 m (2,430 ft)
Coordinates 62°39′06″S 60°04′20″W / 62.65167°S 60.07222°W / -62.65167; -60.07222Coordinates: 62°39′06″S 60°04′20″W / 62.65167°S 60.07222°W / -62.65167; -60.07222
Geography
Location Livingston Island, Antarctica
Parent range Tangra Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route snow/glacier
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Plana Peak (Vrah Plana \'vr&h 'pla-na\) is a mostly ice-covered peak on the Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Huron Glacier to the north and its tributaries to the east and west. The peak is named after Plana Mountain in Western Bulgaria.

Location

The peak is located 2.21 km north-northwest of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja Peak), 2.66 km northeast of Levski Peak and 2.45 km west-northwest of Helmet Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

References

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


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