Mount Christi is a mountain rising to Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer
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in the northern Imeon Range on Smith Island in the

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, Antarctica. The peak overlooks

Kongur Glacier Kongur Glacier (, ) 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 Dalgopol Glacier and southwest of Saparevo Glacier, and flows west o ...

to the west-northwest, Saparevo Glacier to the north and Ritya Glacier to the southeast. The name "Cape Christi" was given for the north cape of Smith Island by a

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expedition under Henry Foster, 1828–31, but that feature had already been named

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 surr ...

. Since the latter name is approved for the cape, the

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recommended in 1953 that for the sake of historical continuity the name "Christi" be approved for the mountain now described.

Location

The peak is located at which is 4.74 km northeast of Mount Pisgah, 3.36 km south-southwest of Delyan Point and 3.22 km southwest of Matochina Peak (Bulgarian mapping in 2009). The

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gives the location as .

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

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links

Mount Christi.
Copernix satellite image Mountains of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands) {{SmithIsland-geo-stub