Drinov Peak
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Drinov Peak is a peak rising to 1630 m in Imeon Range
Imeon Range
Imeon Range is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide...

 on Smith Island
Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....

, 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...

. Situated 3.6 km north-northeast of Antim Peak
Antim Peak
Antim Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 2080 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 2.25nbsp;km and 1.3 km northeast of the summit Mount Foster and Evlogi Peak respectively, 5.4 km south-southwest of Mount Pisgah, 16 km...

, 1.9 km north of Slatina Peak
Slatina Peak
Slatina Peak is a peak rising to 1750 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 2 km northeast of Antim Peak, to which it is linked by Varshets Saddle, 4.09 km east by south of Villagra Point, and 1.9 km south of Drinov Peak. Overlooking the upper part of...

, 2.91 km east-southeast of Jireček Point
Jireček Point
Jireček Point is the point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Cabut Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to Bourchier Cove...

 and 1.85 km southwest of Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah (Smith Island)
Mount Pisgah is a peak rising to 1860 m in the north-central part of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked by Kostenets Saddle to Drinov Peak to the southwest, and surmounts Dalgopol Glacier to the north and Vetrino Glacier to the west.Because the...

. Overlooking Ovech Glacier
Ovech Glacier
Ovech Glacier is a 3.5 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range southeast of Drinov Peak and east of Popovo Saddle and Sevlievski Peak. Flowing east-southeastward into Boyd Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the...

 to the southeast, Vetrino Glacier
Vetrino Glacier
Vetrino Glacier is a 3.2 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range north of Drinov Peak, northwest of Kostenets Saddle and west of Mount Pisgah and flowing into Drake Passage...

 to the north, Yablanitsa Glacier
Yablanitsa Glacier
Yablanitsa Glacier is a 1.8 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range and flowing west of Drinov Peak into Cabut Cove. The feature is named after the town of Yablanitsa in northern Bulgaria....

 to northwest, and Chuprene Glacier
Chuprene Glacier
Chuprene Glacier is a 4 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range. Flowing southwest of Drinov Peak and Popovo Saddle, and west of Slatina Peak and Varshets Saddle southwestward along the northwest slopes of Antim Peak and Evlogi...

 to the southwest. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the 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...

n scientist Marin Drinov
Marin Drinov
Professor Marin Stoyanov Drinov was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and worked in Russia through most of his life...

 (1838–1906), founding chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members...

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