Rodopi Peak
Rodopi Peak (Bulgarian: връх Родопи, romanized: vrah Rodopi, IPA: [ˈvrɤx roˈdɔpi]) is an ice-covered peak rising to approximately 500 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Islandin the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
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Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Rodopi Peak from the southern foothills of Petrich Peak.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
The peak is named after Rodopi (Rhodope) Mountains in Bulgaria and Greece.
Location
The peak is located at 62°37′33.2″S 59°54′59″W, which is 2.94 km east-southeast of Rila Point, 1.92 km north-northwest of Delchev Peak, 1 km northwest by north of Yavorov Peak and 990 m west of Paisiy Peak. Surmounting Sopot Ice Piedmont to the west and north (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
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References
- Rodopi Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Rodopi Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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