Maritsa Peak

Location of Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Maritsa Peak from Erma Knoll.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Maritsa Peak (Vrah Maritsa \'vr&h ma-'ri-tsa\) rises to 560 m in eastern Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has precipitous rocky south slopes, and is situated on the west side of Pirdop Gate, surmounting Huron Glacier to the south and Struma Glacier to the north. The peak is "named after the Maritsa River in Bulgaria."[1]

Location

The cliff is located at 62°37′04″S 60°08′17″W / 62.61778°S 60.13806°W / -62.61778; -60.13806Coordinates: 62°37′04″S 60°08′17″W / 62.61778°S 60.13806°W / -62.61778; -60.13806 which is 3.3 km east of Mount Bowles, 970 m southeast of Asparuh Peak, 1.18 km west-southwest of Atanasoff Nunatak, 2.48 km north of Aheloy Nunatak and 2.37 km northeast of Kuzman Knoll. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009.

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References

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


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