Vaptsarov Peak
Vaptsarov Peak (Vaptsarov Vrah \vap-'tsa-rov 'vr&h\) rises to approximately 410 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak has steep and ice free western slopes, and surmounts Ihtiman Hook to the northwest and Sopot Ice Piedmont to the east, north and west.
The peak is named after the famous Bulgarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov (1909–42).
Location
The peak is located at 62°37′13.2″S 59°54′07.5″W / 62.620333°S 59.902083°WCoordinates: 62°37′13.2″S 59°54′07.5″W / 62.620333°S 59.902083°W, which is 1.21 km north of Elena Peak, 620 m north-northwest of Paisiy Peak, 960 m northeast of Rodopi Peak, 5.07 km west by south of Renier Point, 1.92 km west of Besapara Hill and 2.01 km west by north of Kaloyan Nunatak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Vaptsarov Peak in popular culture
The cover of the VA album Under Heaven: Vinson Massif (2010) actually features a photo not of Vinson Massif but of eastern Tangra Mountains instead, with Mugla Passage and Vaptsarov Peak in the foreground, and Elena Peak (left) and Delchev Peak (right) in the background.[1] Both the picture and the misidentification may have possibly originated in the ‘Vinson Massif’ entry of the ‘Seven Summits Quest’ website.[2]
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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
Notes
- ↑ Under Heaven: Vinson Massif. Album. August 2010.
- ↑ Vinson Massif. The Seven Summits Quest. June 2008.
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.