Arda Peak
Encyclopedia
Arda Peak is located in the east of Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak rises to approximately 470 m and is located in the Friesland Ridge
, Tangra Mountains
, overlooking the lower course of Charity Glacier to the northwest and Tarnovo Ice Piedmont
to the southeast. The peak is named after the river Arda in Bulgaria
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, 890 m east by north of the summit of Veleka Ridge
and 2.85 km west of Yambol Peak
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Friesland Ridge
Friesland Ridge 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...
, Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, overlooking the lower course of Charity Glacier to the northwest and Tarnovo Ice Piedmont
Tarnovo Ice Piedmont
Tarnovo Ice Piedmont on Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is extending 3.5 km in east-west direction and 2.5 km in north-south direction...
to the southeast. The peak is named after the river Arda in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Location
Arda Peak is located at 62°44′27.2"S 60°17′32"W which is 430 m south of Gabrovo KnollGabrovo Knoll
Gabrovo Knoll is a peak rising to 500m in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. The peak surmounts Charity Glacier to the north and Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the southeast, and is separated from Shumen Peak to the east-northeast by Gerov Pass...
, 890 m east by north of the summit of Veleka Ridge
Veleka Ridge
Veleka Ridge is a predominantly ice-free ridge extending 3 km between Charity Glacier in the north and Botev Point in the south, and 1.3 km wide, in the southwest extremity of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ice-free...
and 2.85 km west of Yambol Peak
Yambol Peak
Yambol Peak is a rocky peak rising to 300 m in the south extremity of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and overlooking Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the west and Prespa Glacier to the northeast. The ice-free surface area of the peak is . ...
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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. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.