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Mishev Bluff ( bg, Мишев рид, Mishev rid, ) is the mostly ice-covered bluff rising to 600 m in
Brugmann Mountains The Brugmann Mountains (), rising to ,Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
on
Liège Island Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage. ...
in the Palmer Archipelago,
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 contine ...
. It has precipitous and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts
Zbelsurd Glacier Zbelsurd Glacier ( bg, ледник Збелсурд, lednik Zbelsurd, ) is the 2.25 km long and 1.6 km wide glacier on the west side of Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated southwes ...
to the north and
Pleystor Glacier Pleystor Glacier ( bg, ледник Плейстор, lednik Pleystor, ) is the 2.2 km long and 1.2 km wide glacier on the west side of Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated south-so ...
to the south. The feature is named after Emil Mishev, geologist at
St. Kliment Ohridski base St. Kliment Ohridski Base ( bg, База Св. Климент Охридски, Baza Sv. Kliment Ohridski, ) is a Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base, originally known as ''Sofia University Refu ...
in 2004/05 and subsequent seasons, and base commander during part of the 2006/07 season.


Location

Mishev Bluff is located at , which is 1.42 km west of
Pavlov Peak Pavlov Peak () is a peak lying north of Mount Vesalius on Liege Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It rises to 805 mPolezhan Point and 1.93 km east-southeast of Disilitsa Point. British mapping in 1980.


Maps


British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.


References


Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Mishev Peak.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.


External links


Mishev Bluff.
Copernix satellite image Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic Liège Island {{LiegeIsland-geo-stub