Mezek Peak
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.
Mezek Peak (Bulgarian: връх Мезек, ‘Vrah Mezek’ \'vr&h me-'zek\) is a sharp peak rising to 1650 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 1.07 km east of Mount Pisgah and 4.02 km southwest by south of Mount Christi. Precipitous and predominantly ice-free east slopes. Overlooking Dalgopol Glacier to the northwest and Nosei Glacier to the east. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the medieval fortress of Mezek in southeastern Bulgaria.
Coordinates: 62°56′19″S 62°26′47″W / 62.93861°S 62.44639°W
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
References
Mezek Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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