Kuber Peak Explained

Kuber Peak (Bulgarian: връх Кубер|vrah Kuber, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈvrɤx ˈkubɛr/) is a 770 m peak in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Overlooking Magura Glacier to the southwest, Dobrudzha Glacier to the southeast, and Iskar Glacier to the north.

Named after Khan Kuber whose Bulgars left Pannonia to settle in Western Macedonia and Albania around 680 AD, and established a state that in the early 8th century AD merged with the First Bulgarian Empire.

Location

The peak is located at -62.6544°N -59.965°W which is 770 m southwest of Ruse Peak, 2.2 km southwest of Delchev Peak, 3.84 km south of Rila Point, 3.08 km east of Helmet Peak, 1.92 km east of Plovdiv Peak, and 1.43 km east-southeast of Shishman Peak to which the peak is linked by Devin Saddle. (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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