Chepelare Peak (Bulgarian: връх Чепеларе, romanized: vrah Chepelare, IPA: [ˈvrɤx t͡ʃɛpɛˈɫarɛ]) rises to approximately 900 m in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. The peak surmounts Charity Glacier to the west and Prespa Glacier to the southeast and is named after the Bulgarian town of Chepelare.
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First climbed by the Bulgarians Marcho Paunov and Doychin Boyanov on 14 January 2024.[1]
Location
editThe peak is located at 62°43′18.3″S 60°15′04″W / 62.721750°S 60.25111°W which is 700 m south-southwest of St. Methodius Peak, 1.07 km southeast of Tervel Peak and 850 m north of Shumen Peak. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.
Maps
edit- 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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
Notes
edit- ^ V. Hadzhiev. Alpinists from the Bulgarian base in Antarctica climbed the ice peak of Chepelare. 24 Hours Newspaper, 16 January 2024.
References
edit- Chepelare Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Chepelare Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.