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Radoy Ralin Peak ( bg, връх Радой Ралин, vrah Radoy Ralin, ) is a 720 m peak in the Levski Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting
Iskar Glacier Iskar Glacier ( bg, Искарски ледник, Iskarski lednik, ) is a glacier in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica situated southeast of lower Huron Glacier, west-southwest of Sopot Ice Piedmont, and north of Dobrudz ...
to the east and the Huron Glacier terminus to the north-northwest. It was named after the Bulgarian writer Dimitar Stoyanov, who used
Radoy Ralin Radoy Ralin ( bg, Радой Ралин) (April 23, 1922 – July 22, 2004), born Dimitar Stoyanov ( bg, Димитър Стоянов), was a Bulgarian dissident, poet, and satirist. After the downfall of the communist regime, he was urged to ...
as a pseudonym.


Location

The peak's highest point is located at , which is 2.25 km south-southeast of Yana Point, 620 m east of
Intuition Peak Intuition Peak ( bg, връх Интуиция, vrah Intuitsiya, ) is a sharp Antarctic peak of elevation 780 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is surmounting Iskar Glac ...
and Cherepish Ridge, 1.47 km north of Helmet Peak and 1.86 km northwest of
Shishman Peak Shishman Peak ( bg, връх Шишман, vrah Shishman, ) rises to over 800 m in the east extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Iskar Glacier and ...
(Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005).


Maps

* L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 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. * A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023.


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)


External links


Radoy Ralin Peak.
Copernix satellite image Mountains of Livingston Island {{LivingstonIsland-geo-stub