St. Sava Peak (Bulgarian: връх Св. Сава, romanized: vrah Sv. Sava, IPA: [ˈvrɤx svɛˈti ˈsavɐ]) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 872 m[1] in Poibrene Heights on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica. It is overlooking Vaughan Inlet to the east-northeast.
The feature is named after the Bulgarian scholar St. Sava Sedmochislenik (9-10th century AD), a disciple of St. Cyril and St. Methodius.
Location
editSt. Sava Peak is located at 65°06′53″S 61°53′22″W / 65.11472°S 61.88944°W, which is 4.9 km north-northwest of Ravnogor Peak, 3.8 km southeast of Kamenov Spur and 12.9 km west-northwest of Whiteside Hill.
Maps
edit- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes
edit- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
edit- St. Sava Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- St. Sava Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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