Etropole Peak

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Etropole Peak from Struma Glacier.

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

Etropole Peak (Vrah Etropole \'vr&h 'e-tro-po-le) is a 620m peak in Melnik Ridge, Livingston Island and is named after the town of Etropole in Central Bulgaria.

Maps

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.

Location

The peak is located at 62°36′07″S 60°08′25″W / 62.60194°S 60.14028°W / -62.60194; -60.14028Coordinates: 62°36′07″S 60°08′25″W / 62.60194°S 60.14028°W / -62.60194; -60.14028 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

Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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