
Samokov Knoll (Samokovska Mogila \'sa-mo-kov-ska mo-'gi-la\) is a peak of elevation 602 m in
Yankov Gap area,
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica. Surmounting
Kaliakra Glacier
Kaliakra Glacier ( bg, ледник Калиакра, lednik Kaliakra, ) is a glacier in northeastern Livingston Island, Antarctica extending in east-west direction and in north-south direction, and situated southeast of Saedinenie Snowfield, ...
to the northwest and
Struma Glacier
Struma Glacier ( bg, ледник Струма, lednik Struma, ) is a glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated south of lower Kaliakra Glacier and north of Huron Glacier. Bounded by Melnik Ridge ...
to the southeast.
The peak was first visited by the Bulgarians
Lyubomir Ivanov and
Doychin Vasilev from
Camp Academia
Camp Academia ( bg, лагер Академия, lager Akademiya, ) is a geographical locality in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in appreciation of Academy’s contributi ...
on 28 December 2004, as part of
Tangra 2004/05 survey, and is named after the town of
Samokov in Southwestern
Bulgaria.
Location
The peak is located at which is 480 m southwest of
Melnik Peak, 2.46 km northwest of
Atanasoff Nunatak, 930 m north of
Asparuh Peak, 3.18 km east of
Hemus Peak and 4.66 km southeast of
Leslie Hill
Leslie Hill is professor of French at the University of Warwick. He has written several influential books on French writers and philosophers including Samuel Beckett, Marguerite Duras, Maurice Blanchot, Georges Bataille, Pierre Klossowski and ...
(Bulgarian topographic survey
Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).
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.
References
Samokov Knoll.SCAR
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
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 t ...
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 datain English)
External links
Samokov Knoll.Copernix satellite image
Hills of Livingston Island
Samokov
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