Hemus Peak
Hemus Peak (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an ice-covered peak rising to Script error: No such module "convert". off the northwest extremity of Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island. The feature is breast-shaped, Script error: No such module "convert". long in east-west direction and Script error: No such module "convert". wide, and overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the northeast and Perunika Glacier to the southwest. Hemus is an ancient name of Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains), the central mountain range separating northern from southern Bulgaria.
Location
The peak is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., which is Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Mount Bowles (Script error: No such module "convert"., summit of Bowles Ridge), Script error: No such module "convert". north-northwest of Rayna Knyaginya Peak, Script error: No such module "convert". north-northeast of Chirpan Peak, Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Rezen Knoll, Script error: No such module "convert". m east by north of Aleko Point, and Script error: No such module "convert". south by east of the summit of Gleaner Heights (Script error: No such module "convert".) (Rough British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian mapping from a 1995-96 ground survey).
Maps
- 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.
- L.L. Ivanov. Livingston Island: Central-Eastern Region. Scale 1:25000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996.
- S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath. 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. Template:ISBN (First edition 2009. Template:ISBN)
- 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. Template:ISBN
External links
- Hemus Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Hemus Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission. Template:LivingstonIsland-geo-stub Template:Antarctica-mountain-stub