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Ravda Peak
Ravda Peak ( bg, връх Равда, vrah Ravda, ) is a rocky peak of elevation in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated on the side ridge projecting northwards from Levski Peak into Huron Glacier. The peak was first ascended by the Bulgarian Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia on 21 December 2004. The peak is named after the Black Sea settlement of Ravda, Bulgaria. Location The peak is located at which is 1.71 km north of Levski Peak, 540 m north of Komini Peak, 1.14 km east-southeast of Lozen Nunatak, 1.16 km southeast of Aheloy Nunatak, 3.52 km south-southeast of Maritsa Peak and 1.49 km west-southwest of Nestinari Nunataks (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping 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 Bu ...
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Ravda
Ravda ( bg, Равда, ) a coastal village and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, situated in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Province. Ravda is a small seaside resort on the Black Sea, located 3 km from Nesebar and 5 km from Sunny Beach. 30 km from Bourgas airport. After 1924, Bulgarian refugees from the villages of Koufalia, Bozets, Kirkalovo, Mikro Monastiri, Barovitsa, Ramel, Krya Vrysi, Kadinovo and Axos in Aegean Macedonia settled in Ravda.Бабев, Иван, „Македонска голгота – Спомени и изповеди от Ениджевардарско“, ТАНГРА ТанНакРа ИК, София 2009 г., стр.487 The position on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast provides for the nice weather, quietness and calmness of a country village and the proximity to the attractive resorts Nesebar (world heritage site) and Sunny Beach offers plenty of attractions and entertainment possibilities. Ravda has ecologically clean air and wa ...
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features. The Gazetteer includes also parts of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) gazetteer for under-sea features situated south of 60° south latitude. , the overall content of the CGA amounts to 37,893 geographic names for 19,803 features including some 500 features with two or more entirely different names, contributed by the following sources: {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Country ! Names , - , United States , 13,192 , - , United Kingdom , 5,040 , - , Russia , 4,808 , - , New Zealand , 2,597 , - , Australia , 2,551 , - , Argentina , 2,545 , - , Chile , 1,866 , - , Norway , 1,706 , - , Bulgaria , 1,450 , - , G ...
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Tangra 2004/05
The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Posts, Uruguayan Antarctic Institute, Peregrine Shipping (Australia), and Petrol Ltd, TNT, Mtel, Bulstrad, Polytours, B. Bekyarov and B. Chernev (Bulgaria). Expedition team Dr.  Lyubomir Ivanov (team leader), senior research associate, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; chairman, Antarctic Place-names Commission; author of the 1995 Bulgarian Antarctic ''Toponymic Guidelines'' introducing in particular the present official system for the Romanization of Bulgarian; participant in four Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns, and author of the first Bulgarian Antarctic topographic maps. Doychin Vas ...
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Nestinari Nunataks
Nestinari Nunataks (Nestinarski Nunatatsi \ne-sti-'nar-ski 'nu-na-ta-tsi\) are a pair of rocky peaks of elevation 470 m and 520 m in middle Huron Glacier, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated in the north foothills of Tangra Mountains, 210 m away from each other. They are named after the Greco-Bulgarian folkloric ritual of ‘ Nestinari’ involving barefoot dancing on live embers. Location The higher nunatak is located at , which is 2.55 km east of Lozen Nunatak, 3.88 km east-southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 1.1 km northwest of Plana Peak, 2.6 km north-northeast of Levski Peak and 1.49 km east-northeast of Ravda Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the In ..., and mappin ...
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Maritsa Peak
Maritsa Peak ( bg, връх Марица, vrah Maritsa, ) rises to 560 m in eastern Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has precipitous rocky south slopes, and is situated on the west side of Pirdop Gate, surmounting Huron Glacier to the south and Struma Glacier to the north. The peak is "named after the Maritsa River in Bulgaria."Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
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Aheloy Nunatak
Aheloy Nunatak ( bg, Ахелойски Нунатак, Aheloyski Nunatak, ) is a rocky 390m peak in the upper Huron Glacier in Livingston Island. The peak forms the northeast extremity of a minor ridge which also features Erma Knoll and Lozen Nunatak, and is linked to Zograf Peak by Lozen Saddle. The peak was first visited on 31 December 2004 by the Bulgarian Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia, and was mapped in the Bulgarian Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey. The peak was named after the Black Sea town of Aheloy, Bulgaria. Location The peak is located at which is 1.6 km east-southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 2.48 km south by east of Maritsa Peak, 1.6 km north-northeast of Zograf Peak and 270 m north-northeast of Erma Knoll. See also * Tangra 2004/05 * Tangra Mountains * Livingston Island * List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica are approved by the Antarctic Place-names Commission in compliance with its ''Toponymic G ...
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Lozen Nunatak
Lozen Nunatak ( bg, Лозенски нунатак, Lozenski nunatak, ) is a 440m hill in upper Huron Glacier, Livingston Island. It is part of a minor ridge in the north foothills of Tangra Mountains including also Erma Knoll and Aheloy Nunatak, and linked to Zograf Peak by Lozen Saddle. The hill was first visited on 17 December 2004 by the Bulgarian Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia. It is named after the Lozen Monastery of St. Spas (Holy Saviour) in western Bulgaria. Location The nunatak is located at which is 1.55 km southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 1.14 km west-northwest of Ravda Peak and 910 m northeast of Zograf Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the In ..., and mapping in 2005 and 2009). Maps * L.L. Iv ...
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Komini Peak
Komini Peak ( bg, връх Комини, vrah Komini, ) is a peak with an elevation of on the north slopes of Levski Peak, in the Tangra Mountains, in Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak has precipitous rocky western slopes and was first climbed by Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia by way of its high western rock wall on 21 December 2004. The feature is named after Komini Peak in Vitosha Mountain, Western Bulgaria. Location The peak is located at which is north of Levski Peak, northeast of Lyaskovets Peak, east of Zograf Peak and southeast of Lozen Nunatak, south of Ravda Peak, southwest of Nestinari Nunataks and west of Plana Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the In ..., and mapping in 2005 and 2009). ...
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of , and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bulgars, led by Asp ...
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