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Lom Peak
Lom Peak ( bg, връх Лом, vrah Lom, ) is a peak rising to 870 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica which overlooks Ruen Icefall to the north. It is named after the Bulgarian town of Lom, Bulgaria, Lom. Location The peak is located at which is 790 m northwest of St. Methodius Peak, 790 m northeast of Tervel Peak and 1.88 km south of Kikish Crag (Bulgarian survey in 1995–96, and mapping in 2005 and 2009). Maps * L.L. Ivanov et al. :commons:Image:Livingston-Greenwich-map.jpg, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. External links Lom Peak.SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friesland Ridge
Friesland Ridge (Hrebet Frisland \'hre-bet 'fris-land\) is a ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, part of the Tangra Mountains. The summit, Mount Friesland, which rises to , is the northwesternmost of the ridge's six main peaks. Its elevation was estimated at by a 1995/96 Bulgarian survey; the present figure was produced by a 2003 Australian GPS survey,Expedition Omega Livingston 2003. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2003. and closely matched (as ) by the Bulgarian survey . The local ice relief is subject to changes, causing variations in the mountain peaks’ elevation. According to a Bulgarian GPS survey by D. Boyanov a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains (in Bulgarian ''Тангра планина'', 'Tangra planina' \'tan-gra pla-ni-'na\) () form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The range had been nameless until 2001, when it was named after Tangra, "the name of the ancient Bulgarian god." Composite Antarctic Gazetteer. Tangra Mountains are long between |
Livingston Island
Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, part of the South Shetlands Archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was the first land discovered south of 60° south latitude in 1819, a historic event that marked the end of a centuries-long pursuit of the mythical ''Terra Australis Incognita'' and the beginning of the exploration and utilization of real Antarctica. The name Livingston, although of unknown derivation, has been well established in international usage since the early 1820s. Geography Livingston Island is situated in West Antarctica northwest of Cape Roquemaurel on the Antarctic mainland, south-southeast of Cape Horn in South America, southeast of the Diego Ramírez Islands (the southernmost land of South America), due south of the Falkland Islands, southwest of South Georgia Islands, and from the South Pole.L. IvanovGeneral Geography and History of Livingston Island.In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for non-military purposes. The islands have been claimed by the United Kingdom since 1908 and as part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962. They are also claimed by the governments of Chile (since 1940, as part of the Antártica Chilena province) and Argentina (since 1943, as part of Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province). Several countries maintain research stations on the islands. Most of them are situated on King George Island, benefitting from the airfield of the Chilean base Eduardo Frei. There are sixteen research stations in different parts of the islands, with Chilean stations being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of . Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of . Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost . Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, . The coastal regions can reach temperatures over in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruen Icefall
The Ruen Icefall ( bg, ледопад Руен, ledopad Ruen, ) on Rozhen Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica is situated south of Huntress Glacier, northwest of Prespa Glacier and northeast of Peshtera and Charity Glaciers. It descends towards False Bay from the circus overlooked by Simeon Peak, St. Cyril Peak and St. Methodius Peak in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains. Ruen is the summit of Osogovo Mountain in south-western Bulgaria. Location The icefall is centered at , which is 2 km north-northwest of St. Methodius Peak, 3.43 km east-northeast of Ogosta Point, and 4.39 km southeast of Napier Peak on Hurd Peninsula (UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009). 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. IvanovA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lom, Bulgaria
Lom ( bg, Лом ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Montana Province, situated on the right bank of the Danube, close to the estuary of the Lom River. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Lom Municipality. The town is north of Sofia, southeast of Vidin, north of Montana and west of Kozloduy. It is the second most important Bulgarian port on the Danube after Ruse. Geography The town of Lom is located near the mouth of the eponymous river Lom. Its development as a large river port center, second in importance to Bulgaria after Ruse, is determined by the fact that it is the closest port to the capital. History Antiquity and Middle Ages Lom was founded by the Thracians under the name of ''Artanes'' in Antiquity. After the Romans called the fortress and the town ''Almus'', from where the name of the today's city and of the Lom River comes. There are no reports proving that there existed a big settlement in the Middle Ages. It was not until Ottoman rule th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tervel Peak
Tervel Peak ( bg, връх Тервел, vrah Tervel, ) is a triple peak rising to 810 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica overlooking Peshtera Glacier and Zagore Beach to the northwest, and Charity Glacier to the southwest. Linked by Pleven Saddle to MacKay Peak in the west-southwest. The peaks are named after Khan Tervel of Bulgaria who stopped the Arab invasion of Europe in 718 AD. Location The peak is located at , which is 1.19 km west of St. Methodius Peak, 1.65 km northwest of Shumen Peak, 2.51 km northeast of Gabrovo Knoll, 2.66 km east-northeast of Canetti Peak, 1.59 km east-northeast of MacKay Peak and 2.55 km south-southwest of Kikish Crag Kikish Crag ( bg, връх vrah Kikish, ) is a peak rising to 650 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is named after Kikish site in Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikish Crag
Kikish Crag ( bg, връх vrah Kikish, ) is a peak rising to 650 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is named after Kikish site in Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria. Location The crag is located at which is 850 m west-southwest of Stambolov Crag, 2.38 km north of St. Methodius Peak and 4.35 km southeast of Napier Peak. Overlooking Huntress Glacier to the northwest, False Bay to the west, and Ruen Icefall The Ruen Icefall ( bg, ледопад Руен, ledopad Ruen, ) on Rozhen Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica is situated south of Huntress Glacier, northwest of Prespa Glacier and northeast of Peshtera a ... to the south. Steep snow free west slope. 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, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
