Tsarigrad Peak
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Tsarigrad Peak is sharp ice-covered peak rising to 1760 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...

, 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. 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.

The peak is named after the 1876 Constantinople Conference
Constantinople Conference
The 1876–1877 Constantinople Conference of the Great Powers was held in Constantinople from 23 December 1876 until 20 January 1877...

 (Tsarigrad is the Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
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 name for Constantinople) of the Great Powers
Great power
A great power is a nation or state that has the ability to exert its influence on a global scale. Great powers characteristically possess military and economic strength and diplomatic and cultural influence which may cause small powers to consider the opinions of great powers before taking actions...

 that determined the Bulgarian
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...

 ethnic borders as of the second half of the 19th century.

Location

Tsarigrad Peak is located at 63°00′53"S 62°34′42"W. Situated 2.5 km southwest of the island’s 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....

, 550 m south of Slaveykov Peak
Slaveykov Peak
Slaveykov Peak is the sharp peak rising to 1760 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, to which it is linked by Zavet Saddle, 1.12 km north-northeast of Neofit Peak, 2.4 km...

 and 600 m 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...

. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

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