Beroe Hill
Encyclopedia
Beroe Hill is a hill of 400 m in the southwest extremity of Gleaner Heights, Livingston Island
, West Antarctica
. It is surmounting Perunika Glacier
to the south and Saedinenie Snowfield
to the northwest. The hill was named after the ancient Thracian town of Beroe
, ancestor of the present city of Stara Zagora
.
and 3 km northwest of Hemus Peak
.
Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05
topographic survey.
Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands)
Livingston Island is an Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica lying between Greenwich Island and Snow Islands...
, West Antarctica
West Antarctica
West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of the continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere including the Antarctic Peninsula.-Location and description:...
. It is surmounting Perunika Glacier
Perunika Glacier
Perunika Glacier is an 8 km long and 3 km wide roughly crescent-shaped glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....
to the south and Saedinenie Snowfield
Saedinenie Snowfield
Saedinenie Snowfield on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, is bounded by Teres Ridge to the west, the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait to the south, Gleaner Heights, Elhovo Gap and Leslie Hill to the southeast, and Leslie Gap and Vidin...
to the northwest. The hill was named after the ancient Thracian town of Beroe
Beroe
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, ancestor of the present city of Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
.
Location
The hill is located at 62°35′04"S 60°15′29"W which is 1.9 km southwest of the summit of the heights, 4.7 km north-northeast of Rezen KnollRezen Knoll
Rezen Knoll is a knoll rising to 433 m in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The knoll is bounded to the east, north and west by Perunika Glacier, and linked to Burdick Ridge by Rezen Saddle. The feature is 250 m wide, extending 500 m in east-west direction....
and 3 km northwest of Hemus Peak
Hemus Peak
Hemus Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to 636 m off the northwest extremity of Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island. The feature is breast-shaped, 850 m long in east-west direction and 550 m wide, and overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the northeast and Perunika Glacier to the southwest...
.
Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra 2004/05
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...
topographic survey.
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.