Dospey Heights Explained
Dospey Heights (Bulgarian: Доспейски възвишения|Dospeyski Vazvisheniya, in Bulgarian pronounced as /do'spɛjski vɤzvi'ʃɛnijɐ/) are the ice-free heights on Ray Promontory in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 6 km southeastwards from Essex Point and Start Point, and 2.6 km wide. Rising to 265 m at Start Hill.
The feature is part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, and is situated in one of its two restricted zones.[1]
The heights are named after the settlement of Dospey in Rila Mountain, southwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Dospey Heights are centred at -62.5972°N -61.1403°W. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991 and 1993 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.
Maps
- Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992. (Map image on p. 55 of the linked study)
- 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, 2010. (First edition 2009.)
- South Shetland Islands: Livingston Island, Byers Peninsula. Scale 1:50000 satellite map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2010.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
References
External links
Dospey Heights. Copernix satellite image
Notes and References
- http://www.ats.aq/documents/recatt%5Catt591_e.pdf Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula.
