
Drinov Peak ( bg, Дринов връх, Drinov Vrah, ) is a peak rising to 1630 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 ...
,
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 ...
. Situated 3.6 km north-northeast of
Antim Peak
Antim Peak ( bg, връх Антим, vrah Antim, ; ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 2080 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 2.25 km and 1.3 km northeast of the summit Mount Fos ...
, 1.9 km north of
Slatina Peak, 2.91 km east-southeast of
Jireček Point
Jireček Point ( bg, нос Иречек, nos Irechek, ) is the point on the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the south side of the entrance to Cabut Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to ...
and 1.85 km southwest of
Mount Pisgah. Overlooking
Ovech Glacier
Ovech Glacier ( bg, ледник Овеч, lednik Ovech, ; ) is a 3.5 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range southeast of Drinov Peak and east of Popovo Saddle and Sevlievski P ...
to the southeast,
Vetrino Glacier
Vetrino Glacier ( bg, ледник Ветрино, lednik Vetrino, ) is a 3.2 km long glacier on the northwest side of Imeon Range on Smith Island (South Shetland Islands), Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is sit ...
to the north,
Yablanitsa Glacier
Yablanitsa Glacier ( bg, ледник Ябланица, lednik Yablanitsa, ) is a 1.8 km long glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated north-northeast of Chuprene Glacier, southwest of Vetrino Glac ...
to northwest, and
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 southwest. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
n scientist
Marin Drinov
Marin Stoyanov Drinov ( bg, Марин Стоянов Дринов, russian: Марин Степанович Дринов; 20 October 1838 - 13 March 1906) was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and w ...
(1838–1906), founding chairman of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869.
The Academy ...
.
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.
References
Drinov 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
Drinov Peak.Copernix satellite image
Mountains of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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