St. Naum Peak Explained

St. Naum Peak (Bulgarian: връх Св. Наум|vrah Sv. Naum, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈvrɤx svɛˈti nɐˈum/) is a rocky peak of elevation 560 m in the east extremity of Peshev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Separated from Balchik Ridge and Silistra Knoll to the east by Starosel Gate, and surmounting Macy Glacier to the north and Boyana Glacier to the south.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian scholar St. Naum of Preslav and Ohrid (—910 AD), brother of St. Kliment Ohridski and student of St. Cyril and St. Methodius who worked under the auspices of Czar Boris I of Bulgaria both in Veliki Preslav and Devol.

Location

The peak is located at -62.6938°N -60.1053°W, which is 1.2 km east-northeast of Peshev Peak, 790 m west-southwest of Silistra Knoll, and 3.46 km south of Levski Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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