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5 unusual facts about Livingston Island


Catalunyan Saddle

Catalunyan Saddle (Katalunska Sedlovina \ka-ta-'lun-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a saddle of 1260 m height in the Friesland Ridge of the Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

Dulo clan

Dulo Hill on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after the Bulgarian ruling dynasty of Dulo.

Livingston Island

However, names like Livingston, Mount Friesland and Renier Point also became established during the first few seasons after the discovery of the islands, yet their particular origins remain unknown.

Several squares and streets in Bulgarian towns and cities are named after Livingston Island, such as Livingston Island Square in Samuil and Kula, and Livingston Island Street in Gotse Delchev, Yambol, Petrich, Sofia, Lovech and Vidin.

Rozhen Monastery

Rozhen Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Rozhen site in relation with the Rozhen Monastery.


Ahtopol Peak

Ahtopol Peak (Vrah Ahtopol \'vr&h ah-'to-pol\) is a sharp peak 510m in the Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island.

Àlex Simón i Casanovas

Àlex Simón was a team leader for the mountain guides at the Spanish Antarctic base of Juan Carlos I in 2001–06, carrying out extensive field work on Hurd Peninsula, Huron Glacier area, Byers Peninsula, and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Arbanasi Nunatak

Arbanasi Nunatak (Nunatak Arbanasi \'nu-na-tak ar-ba-'na-si\) is a 320 m high rocky peak in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in Antarctica.

Clark Nunatak

Clark Nunatak is a rocky peak rising to 147 m at the southwest edge of the ice cap of Rotch Dome in western Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica near the south extremity of Urvich Wall.

Godech Nunatak

Godech Nunatak (Godechki Nunatak \go-'dech-ki 'nu-na-tak\) is a rocky 410m peak in lower Huron Glacier, in the north foothills of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.

Helis Nunatak

Helis Nunatak (Nunatak Helis \'nu-na-tak 'he-lis\) is a crown-shaped rocky peak of elevation 340 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica.

Hetty Rock

Hetty Rock is the largest of several rocks in Walker Bay off John Beach in western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Krichim Peak

Krichim Peak (Vrah Krichim \'vr&h 'kri-chim\) is an ice covered peak of elevation 500 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, an island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Kukeri Nunataks

Kukeri Nunataks (Kukerski Nunatatsi \'ku-ker-ski 'nu-na-ta-tsi\) are a pair of rocky peaks of elevation 320 m in middle Huron Glacier, Livingston Island.

Lozen Nunatak

Lozen Nunatak (Lozenski Nunatak \'lo-zen-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is a 440m hill in upper Huron Glacier, Livingston Island.

Madara Peak

Madara Peak (Vrah Madara \'vr&h 'ma-da-ra\) is a 430 m peak in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Miziya Peak

Miziya Peak (Vrah Miziya \'vr&h 'mi-zi-ya\) is the 604 m summit of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Nestinari Nunataks

Nestinari Nunataks (Nestinarski Nunatatsi \ne-sti-'nar-ski 'nu-na-ta-tsi\) are a pair of rocky peaks of elevation 470 m and 520 m in middle Huron Glacier, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Passy Peak

Passy Peak (Vrah Passy \'vr&h pa-'si\) is a peak of elevation 510 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Radnevo Peak

Radnevo Peak (Vrah Radnevo \'vr&h 'rad-ne-vo\) is a peak of elevation 481 m forming the southwest extremity of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Rakovski Nunatak

Rakovski Nunatak (Rakovski Nunatak \ra-'kov-ski 'nu-na-tak\) is a rocky peak of elevation 430 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Raquelia Rocks

Raquelia Rocks is a group of three adjacent rocks in eastern South Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Atlantic Club Ridge halfway along the Zodiac boat route linking the Spanish Antarctic Base and the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on the island.

Saedinenie, Plovdiv Province

Saedinenie Snowfield on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named the town of Saedinenie in association with the 120th anniversary of the Reunification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the province of Eastern Rumelia in 1885.

Sakar Peak

Sakar Peak (Vrah Sakar \'vr&h sa-'kar\) is a peak of elevation 355 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Sayer Nunatak

Sayer Nunatak is a rocky peak rising to 210 m south of Williams Point on Varna Peninsula, at the north edge of the ice cap of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Sharp Peak, Livingston Island

Sharp Peak is a rocky peak rising to 500 m in the northeast of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

St. Evtimiy Crag

Evtimiev Kamak \sve-'ti ev-'ti-mi-ev 'ka-m&k\) is a rocky peak of elevation 350 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Dobrudzha Glacier to the southwest, Ropotamo Glacier to the northeast and Yantra Cove to the east.


see also

Kamchia

Kamchiya Glacier, a glacier located on Livingston Island, Antarctica, named after the Kamchiya River.

Rhoemetalces

Remetalk Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, named for Rhoemetalces III

St. Kliment Ohridski Base

St. Kliment Ohridski enjoys the exceptional advantage of several convenient overland routes leading from Bulgarian Beach to a variety of internal and coastal areas of Livingston Island including the Balkan Snowfield, Burdick Ridge and Pliska Ridge, Tangra Mountains and the glaciers Perunika, Huntress, Huron and Kaliakra, and Saedinenie Snowfield.

Tangra

Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica, named after the deity.