
Slaveykov Peak ( bg, Славейков Връх, Slaveykov vrah, ) () is the sharp peak rising to 1760 m in
Imeon Range on
Smith Island Smith Island or Smith's Island may refer to the following places:
Antarctica
* Smith Islands, Wilkes Land
* Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Australia
* Smith Islands National Park, Queensland
*Smith Island (South Australia)
Bermuda
* Smith ...
in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit
Mount Foster, to which it is linked by
Zavet Saddle
Zavet Saddle ( bg, седловина Завет, ‘Sedlovina Zavet’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'za-vet\) is a saddle of elevation 1410 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands bounded by Slaveykov Peak to the southwest and the summit Moun ...
, 1.12 km north-northeast of
Neofit Peak, 2.4 km east of
Lakatnik Point and 3.45 km northwest of
Ivan Asen Point. Overlooking
Armira Glacier to the southeast and
Bistra Glacier to the north. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
The peak is named after the prominent
Bulgarian
poet and
pamphleteer Petko Slaveykov
Petko Rachov Slaveykov ( bg, Петко Рачов Славейков) (17 November 1827 OS – 1 July 1895 OS ) was a Bulgarian poet, publicist, politician and folklorist.
Biography Early years and educational activity
Slaveykov was born i ...
(1827–1895).
See also
*
Imeon Range
*
List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
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
Slaveykov Peak.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
Slaveykov Peak.Copernix satellite image
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Mountains of Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
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