Samuel Peak is the 540 m peak in central Vidin Heights, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Panega Glacier to the east and Kaliakra Glacier to the south.
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The peak is named after the American sealing ship Samuel under Captain Robert Inott, which visited the islands in 1820–21.
Location
editSamuel Peak is located at 62°32′30″S 60°07′51″W / 62.54167°S 60.13083°W, which is 4.78 km northeast of Leslie Hill, 1.9 km east-southeast of Miziya Peak, 5.7 km west of Edinburgh Hill and 6.76 km north by east of Melnik Peak. (British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
edit- 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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1
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