Mishev Bluff (, ) is the mostly ice-covered bluff rising to 600 m in

Brugmann Mountains The Brugmann Mountains (), rising to ,Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.

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 Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

. It has precipitous and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts

Zbelsurd Glacier Zbelsurd Glacier (, ) 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 southwest of Sigmen Glacier and north-northeast of Pleyst ...

to the north and

Pleystor Glacier Pleystor Glacier (, ) 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-southwest of Zbelsurd Glacier, draining the south sl ...

to the south. The feature is named after Emil Mishev, geologist at

St. Kliment Ohridski base St. Kliment Ohridski Base (, ) is a Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base, originally known as ''Sofia University Refuge'' or ''Hemus Base'', was named in 1993 for medieval Bulgarian scholar St. ...

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 m Polezhan Point Polezhan Point (, ‘Nos Polezhan’ \'nos po-le-'zhan\) is the rocky point on the west coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica projecting 750 m northwestwards and forming the south side of the entrance to Vapa Cove. The po ...

and 1.93 km east-southeast of

Disilitsa Point Disilitsa Point (, ‘Nos Disilitsa’ \'nos di-'si-li-tsa\) is the rocky point on the south side of the entrance to Bolbabria Cove and the north side of the entrance to Vapa Cove on the west coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Ant ...

. 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 (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commis ...

. (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