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Drangov Peak

Coordinates: 62°32′32″S 59°37′48″W / 62.54222°S 59.63000°W / -62.54222; -59.63000
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Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Drangov Peak
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Drangov Peak (Bulgarian: Дрангов връх, romanizedDrangov vrah, IPA: [ˈdraŋɡov ˈvrɤx]) is a peak rising to 430 m in the southeast extremity of Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated 360 m southeast of Vratsa Peak, 1.45 km east by south of the highest point of Viskyar Ridge, 2.8 km west of Fort Point, 500 m north of Ziezi Peak, and 2.37 km northeast of Sartorius Point. Overlooking Musala Glacier to the north, and Targovishte Glacier to the southwest. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after Col. Boris Drangov (1872–1917), a renowned Bulgarian military commander and pedagogue.

62°32′32″S 59°37′48″W / 62.54222°S 59.63000°W / -62.54222; -59.63000

Maps

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  • 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

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.