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Etropole Peak 
Summary
Etropole Peak (Bulgarian: връх Етрополе, romanized: vrah Etropole, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈɛtropolɛ]) is a 620m peak in Melnik Ridge, Livingston Island and is named after the town of Etropole in Central Bulgaria.
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.
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1
Location edit
The peak is located at 62°36′07″S 60°08′25″W / 62.60194°S 60.14028°W which is 660 m east of Melnik Peak, 620 m west of Sliven Peak and 1.92 km northwest of Atanasoff Nunatak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey).
References edit
- Etropole Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Etropole Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.