Nevlya Peak

Nevlya Peak (Bulgarian: връх Невля, romanized: vrah Nevlya, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈnɛvʎɐ]) is an ice-covered peak rising to 390 m in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 620 m west of Terter Peak, 1.64 km north-northwest of the summit of Ephraim Bluff, 1.15 km east-southeast of the summit of Oborishte Ridge and 1.35 km east of Salash Nunatak. Overlooking Wulfila Glacier to the west and south.

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Nevlya Peak (with its partly ice-free south slope surmounting Wulfila Glacier in the central background) from near Ravda Peak, Livingston Island.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

The peak is named after the settlement of Dolna (Lower) Nevlya in western Bulgaria.

Location

Nevlya Peak is located at 62°32′18″S 59°43′47″W. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009.

Map

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

References

• Nevlya Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Nevlya Peak. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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