
Antim Peak ( bg, връх Антим, vrah Antim, ; ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 2080 m in
Imeon Range
Imeon Range ( bg, Хребет Имеон, ‘Hrebet Imeon’ \'hre-bet i-me-'on\) () is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction betw ...
on
Smith Island Smith Island or Smith's Island may refer to the following places:
Antarctica
* Smith Islands, Wilkes Land
* Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Australia
* Smith Islands National Park, Queensland
*Smith Island (South Australia)
Bermuda
* Smith ...
in the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...
. Situated 2.25 km and 1.3 km northeast of the summit
Mount Foster
Mount Foster is a peak rising to in the Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is the highest point of the South Shetland Islands archipelago.
Mount Foster has triple peaks of which Mount Foster proper is the s ...
and
Evlogi Peak
Evlogi Peak ( bg, връх Евлоги, vrah Evlogi, ) is a peak rising to 2090 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 1 km north-northeast of the summit Mount Foster, and 1.3 km southwest of Antim Peak, w ...
respectively, 5.4 km south-southwest of
Mount Pisgah, 16 km southwest of
Cape Smith
Cape Smith is a cape forming the north end of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrou ...
, and 16 km northeast of
Cape James
Cape James is a cape which forms the southern tip of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The name appears on a chart based upon the 1828–31 British naval expedition under Captain Henry Foster, and is now well established ...
. The peak surmounts
Chuprene Glacier
Chuprene Glacier ( bg, ледник Чупрене, lednik Chuprene, ) is a long glacier draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Bistra Glacier, southw ...
to the west and northwest,
Krivodol Glacier
Krivodol Glacier ( bg, ледник Криводол, lednik Krivodol, ) is a 3.8 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range northeast and east of Antim Peak, southea ...
to the northeast and east, and
Pashuk Glacier
Pashuk Glacier ( bg, ледник Пашук, lednik Pashuk, ) is the steep 2.7 km long and 600 m wide glacier on the southeast side of Imeon Range, Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which is draining southeastwards ...
to the southeast. Precipitous and partly ice-free southeast slopes. Confirmed to be a separate peak rather than part of Mount Foster by the team of Greg Landreth that made the first ascent of the latter in 1996.
Antim Peak was first ascended by the French
mountaineers
Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, ...
Mathieu Cortial, Lionel Daudet and Patrick Wagnon on 12 January 2010. Their route called ''Le vol du sérac'' (Flight of the Serac) followed the western spur of the peak.
[D. Gildea]
2009–10 Antarctic Peninsula summary.
''The American Alpine Journal 2010''. pp. 193–198.
The peak is named after
Exarch
An exarch (;
from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and ea ...
Antim I (1816–1888), the first head of the
Bulgarian Exarchate
The Bulgarian Exarchate ( bg, Българска екзархия, Balgarska ekzarhiya; tr, Bulgar Eksarhlığı) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Con ...
reestablishing the autocephaly of the
Bulgarian Church in 1870.
See also
*
Imeon Range
Imeon Range ( bg, Хребет Имеон, ‘Hrebet Imeon’ \'hre-bet i-me-'on\) () is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction betw ...
*
List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica are approved by the Antarctic Place-names Commission in compliance with its '' Toponymic Guidelines'', and formally given by the President of the Republic according to the Bulgarian Constitution and the establis ...
Maps
Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
* L.L. Ivanov.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )
South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands.Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
* L.L. Ivanov.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
Notes
References
Antim Peak.SCAR
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about ...
.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Antim Peak.Copernix satellite image
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Mountains of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
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