Tsarigrad Peak Explained

Tsarigrad Peak (Bulgarian: Връх Цариград|vrah Tsarigrad, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈvrɤx ˈt͡sariɡrɐt/) is sharp ice-covered peak rising to 1689 m^[1] ^[2] in Imeon Range, Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Overlooking Armira Glacier to the southeast.

The peak is named after the 1876 Constantinople Conference (Tsarigrad is the Bulgarian name for Constantinople) of the Great Powers that determined the Bulgarian ethnic borders as of the second half of the 19th century.

Location

Tsarigrad Peak is located at -63.0147°N -62.5783°W, which is 2.5 km southwest of the island's summit Mount Foster, 550 m south of Slaveykov Peak and 600 m northeast of Neofit Peak. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
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: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.

http://apcbg.org/gazet.bg/ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer
I.M. Howat, C. Porter, B.E. Smith, M.-J. Noh and P. Morin. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA). Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2022 (Antarctic REMA Exlorer)