Zhelev Peak

Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Zhelev Peak (Bulgarian: Желев връх, romanized: Zhelev vrah, IPA: [ˈʒɛlɛv ˈvrɤx]) is the rocky peak rising to 1650 m on the west coast of Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature has steep and partly ice-free west slopes, and surmounts Lallemand Fjord to the west, Field Glacier to the north and its tributary Narezne Glacier to the northeast, and Haefeli Glacier to the south-southeast.

The peak is named after Zhelyu Zhelev (1935–2015), President of Bulgaria 1990–1997, for his support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.

Location[]

Zhelev Peak is located at 67°12′32″S 66°21′40″W / 67.20889°S 66.36111°W / -67.20889; -66.36111Coordinates: 67°12′32″S 66°21′40″W / 67.20889°S 66.36111°W / -67.20889; -66.36111, which is 12.85 km southeast of , 8.2 km southwest of Barziya Peak, 17.15 km northeast of Bartholin Peak and 15.35 km east of Hooke Point. British mapping in 1978.

Maps[]

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References[]

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Zhelev Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links[]

• Zhelev Peak. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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