Vazov Rock
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Vazov Rock is a rocky peak of elevation of 200 m (656 ft) in the south extremity of Peshev Ridge in Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. This feature extends 300 meters (984 feet) in a southeast to northwest direction, and surmounts Vazov Point to the south, Boyana Glacier to the northeast and Brunow Bay to the southwest.
Location
[edit]The peak is located at 62°42′37″S 60°07′06″W / 62.71028°S 60.11833°W, which is 1.26 km (0.78 mi) south-southeast of Peshev Peak, 3.53 km (2.19 mi) west of Christoff Cliff and 3.02 km (1.88 mi) northeast of Needle Peak. It was mapped by the Bulgarian expedition Tangra 2004/05, who named it for the adjacent Vazov Point.
Maps
[edit]- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
[edit]- Vazov Rock. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.