
Mezek Peak ( bg, връх Мезек, vrah Mezek, ) is a sharp peak rising to 1650 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 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
Dalgopol Glacier ( bg, ледник Дългопол, lednik Dalgopol, ) is a long glacier draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island (South Shetland Islands), Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is si ...
to the northwest and
Nosei Glacier to the east. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the medieval fortress of
Mezek in southeastern
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 ...
.
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
Mezek Peak.SCAR
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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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
Mezek Peak.Copernix satellite image
Mountains of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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