Balkanov Peak ( bg, Балканов връх, Balkanov vrah, ) is the ice-covered twin peak rising to 646 and 648 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in

Brugmann Mountains The Brugmann Mountains (), rising to ,Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.

Liège Island Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage. ...

in the Palmer Archipelago,

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 contine ...

. It surmounts Coria Cove to the south and

Shterna Glacier Shterna Glacier ( bg, ледник Щерна, lednik Shterna, ) is the glacier extending 3.6 km in east-west direction and 2.2 km in north-south direction on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated northea ...

to the north. The feature is named after Ivan Balkanov, boatman at

St. Kliment Ohridski base St. Kliment Ohridski Base ( bg, База Св. Климент Охридски, Baza Sv. Kliment Ohridski, ) is a Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base, originally known as ''Sofia University Refu ...

in 2002/03 and subsequent seasons.

Location

Balkanov Peak is located at , which is 2.14 km east by north of

Vazharov Peak Vazharov Peak ( bg, Въжаров връх, Vazharov vrah, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 780 m Neyt Point Neyt Point () is a point forming the east extremity of Kran Peninsula which lies 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Moureaux Point, the north extremity of Liege Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgia ...

. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Balkanov Peak.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

Balkanov Peak.
Copernix satellite image Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic Liège Island {{LiegeIsland-geo-stub