Slaveykov Peak
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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 ....
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 feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster
Mount Foster
Mount Foster is a peak rising to 2105 m in the Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is the highest point of the South Shetland Islands archipelago....
, to which it is linked by Zavet Saddle
Zavet Saddle
Zavet Saddle is a saddle of elevation 1410 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands bounded by Slaveykov Peak to the southwest and the summit Mount Foster to the northeast. Overlooking Dragoman Glacier to the southeast and Bistra Glacier to the northwest. The feature is named...
, 1.12 km north-northeast of Neofit Peak
Neofit Peak
Neofit Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to 1750 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 1.12 km south-southwest of Slaveykov Peak, 3.1 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, 2.38 km northeast of Riggs Peak and 10.98 km northeast...
, 2.4 km east of Lakatnik Point
Lakatnik Point
Lakatnik Point is a point on the northwest coast of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands situated 1.6 km north-northeast of Lista Point, 11 km north-northeast of Cape James, 2.66 km southwest of Garmen Point and 22 km southwest of Cape Smith. Formed by an offshoot of Neofit...
and 3.45 km northwest of Ivan Asen Point
Ivan Asen Point
Ivan Asen Point is a narrow rocky point projecting 680 m into Osmar Strait from the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the south side of the entrance to an 1.15 km wide cove indenting the coast for 980 m, and named Ivan Asen Cove ...
. Overlooking Armira Glacier
Armira Glacier
Armira Glacier is a 3 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range southeast of Slaveykov Peak and east of Neofit Peak. Flowing southeastward into Osmar Strait southwest of Ivan Asen Point. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after...
to the southeast and Bistra Glacier
Bistra Glacier
Bistra Glacier is the 1.75 km long and 750 m wide glacier in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Draining the west slopes of Mount Foster and the north slopes of Slaveykov Peak, and flowing northwestwards of Zavet Saddle to enter Drake Passage south of...
to the north. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
The peak is named after the prominent 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 poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and pamphleteer
Pamphleteer
A pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets. Pamphlets were used to broadcast the writer's opinions on an issue, for example, in order to get people to vote for their favorite politician or to articulate a particular political ideology.A famous pamphleteer...
Petko Slaveykov
Petko Slaveykov
Petko Rachov Slaveykov was a noted nineteenth-century Bulgarian poet, publicist, public figure and folklorist.-Early years and educational activity:...
(1827–1895).
Map
- 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
