Etropole Peak Explained

Etropole Peak (Bulgarian: връх Етрополе|vrah Etropole, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈvrɤx ˈɛtropolɛ/) 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.
• A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023.

Location

The peak is located at -62.6019°N -60.1403°W 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

• Etropole Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Etropole Peak. Copernix satellite image