1,200m peak in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Serdica Peak (
Bulgarian: връх Сердика,
romanized: vrah Serdika, IPA:
[ˈvrɤx ˈsɛrdikɐ]) rises to approximately 1,200m in
Levski Ridge,
Tangra Mountains,
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica.
[1] Linked to
Silistra Knoll to the west-southwest by
Kotel Gap. Surmounting
Macy Glacier to the west,
Boyana Glacier to the southwest, and
Srebarna Glacier to the southeast.
Serdica is the ancient name of
Sofia,
Bulgaria.
[2]
Location
The peak is located at
62°40′52.5″S 60°03′22″W / 62.681250°S 60.05611°W / -62.681250; -60.05611, which is 1.29 km south of the
Great Needle Peak (Pico Falsa Aguja) and 2.83 km north of
Aytos Point formed by an offshoot of the peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).[
citation needed]
Maps
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
- Islas Livingston y Decepción. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:100000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
- S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath. Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2004.
- L.L. Ivanov et al.,
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map,
Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010.
ISBN
978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009.
ISBN
978-954-92032-6-4)
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov.
Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023.
ISBN
978-619-90008-6-1
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