Organa Peak
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Organa Peak
Topographic map of Smith Island.
Organa Peak (Bulgarian: връх Органа, ‘Vrah Organa’ \'vr&h or-'ga-na\) is a peak rising to 1270 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 6.8 km northeast of Cape James, and 1.85 km south-southwest of Riggs Peak. Overlooking Letnitsa Glacier to the east and southeast, and Kremena Ice Piedmont to the south. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the Bulgarian ruler Organa (7th Century AD), regent of Bulgars and uncle of Khan Kubrat.
Coordinates: 63°03′02″S 62°37′47″W / 63.05056°S 62.62972°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
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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