Levski Peak (Antarctica)

{{Short description|Mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica}}

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| photo = Levski-Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = Levski Peak from Pirdop Gate

| elevation_m = 1,430

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| location = Livingston Island, Antarctica

| range = Tangra Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|62|39|47.7|S|60|07|03|W|type:mountain_region:AQ|display=inline,title}}

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| first_ascent = unclimbed

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File:Tangra-Mountains-location-map.png

File:Bowles_Ridge_and_Tangra_Mountains.png and central Tangra Mountains featuring Levski Peak]]

Levski Peak ({{langx|bg|връх Левски|vrah Levski}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈvrɤx ˈɫɛfski|IPA}}) is a mountain in Antarctica, rising to approximately {{convert|1430|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the western extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts Huron Glacier to the north and Macy Glacier to the south. The peak was named after Vasil Levski (1837–1873), a national hero of the Bulgarian liberation movement.

Location

The peak is located to the east of Shipka Saddle, {{convert|1.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Lyaskovets Peak, {{convert|3.78|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Kuzman Knoll, {{convert|5.37|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Atanasoff Nunatak, {{convert|3.32|km|mi|abbr=on}} west by north of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja), and {{convert|3.46|km|mi|abbr=on}} km north by west of St. Naum Peak.

Maps

[http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540915.html Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.] from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822
[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=5657 South Shetland Islands.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
Islas Livingston y Decepción. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:100000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath. [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=13271 Livingston Island, Antarctica.] Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2004.
L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-9-5}} (First edition 2009. {{ISBN|978-954-92032-6-4}})
[http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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}}

References

[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=134064 Levski Peak.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-60.11750000000001,-62.66325,15&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Levski Peak (Antarctica).] Copernix satellite image

{{Wide image|Tangra-Mountains-View-1822.png|595px|North view of Tangra Mountains depicting (left to right) Great Needle Peak, Levski Peak, Lyaskovets Peak, Mount Friesland, St. Boris Peak and Simeon Peak, with Desolation Island in the foreground; fragment of an illustration to George Powell's 1822 chart of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands}}

Category:Tangra Mountains

Category:Mountains of Livingston Island