Christoff Cliff
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Christoff Cliff is a rocky cliff forming Aytos Point
on the coast of Bransfield Strait
, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. The cliff rises to over 300 m at the southern extremity of an offshoot of Serdica Peak
and has ice-free eastern and southern slopes. The cliff overlooks Boyana Glacier
to the west and Srebarna Glacier
to the northeast. The cliff is named after the famous Bulgarian singer Boris Christoff
(1914-93).
, 2.7 km southwest by south of Radichkov Peak
and 2.4 km southeast by east of Silistra Knoll
.
Aytos Point
Aytos Point is a point on the coast of Bransfield Strait, Livingston Island, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Christoff Cliff...
on the coast of Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...
, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. The cliff rises to over 300 m at the southern extremity of an offshoot of Serdica Peak
Serdica Peak
Serdica Peak rises to approximately 1,200 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Linked to Silistra Knoll to the west-southwest by Kotel Gap...
and has ice-free eastern and southern slopes. The cliff overlooks Boyana Glacier
Boyana Glacier
Boyana Glacier is located to the east of Vazov Rock, to the south of St. Naum Peak, Starosel Gate, Silistra Knoll and Kotel Gap, and to the west of Christoff Cliff in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. Extending 3 km in east-west direction...
to the west and Srebarna Glacier
Srebarna Glacier
Srebarna Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining southeast of the Great Needle Peak and Serdica Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains to enter Bransfield Strait between Aytos Point and M'Kean Point. Extending 2.3 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.8...
to the northeast. The cliff is named after the famous Bulgarian singer Boris Christoff
Boris Christoff
Boris Christoff was a Bulgarian opera singer...
(1914-93).
Location
The cliff is located at 62°42′00"S 60°03′30"W which is 2 km southeast of Serdica PeakSerdica Peak
Serdica Peak rises to approximately 1,200 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Linked to Silistra Knoll to the west-southwest by Kotel Gap...
, 2.7 km southwest by south of Radichkov Peak
Radichkov Peak
Radichkov Peak rises to 500 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Srebarna Glacier to the southwest and Magura Glacier to the northeast and has steep and ice-free eastern slopes...
and 2.4 km southeast by east of Silistra Knoll
Silistra Knoll
Silistra Knoll rises to over in southern Levski Ridge, in the Tangra Mountains of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
.
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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
