Levski Ridge
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Tangra Mountains
Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, Livingston Island. Its summit, Great Needle Peak
Great Needle Peak
Great Needle Peak is the summit of the central Levski Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Rising to ca. 1690 m, it is the second highest peak of Tangra Mountains after Mount Friesland...
rises to approximately 1,700m .
The ridge extends nearly 8 km between Shipka Saddle
Shipka Saddle
Shipka Saddle is a deep ice-covered saddle in Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica between Friesland Ridge to the west and Levski Ridge to the east. The feature is 250 m long, with an elevation ca. 1,200 m...
to the W and Devin Saddle
Devin Saddle
Devin Saddle is a saddle of 500 m in the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island located between Levski Ridge to the west and Delchev Ridge to the east. It is part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Iskar Glacier to the north and Magura Glacier to the south...
to the E, and the same distance between Cherepish Ridge
Cherepish Ridge
Cherepish Ridge is a narrow rocky 1.1 km ridge rising to 650 m. The ridge runs in the south to north direction from the north of Intuition Peak, in the Tangra Mountains of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
to the N and Christoff Cliff
Christoff Cliff
Christoff Cliff is a rocky cliff forming Aytos Point on the coast of Bransfield Strait, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The cliff rises to over 300 m at the southern extremity of an offshoot of Serdica Peak and has ice-free eastern and southern slopes...
to the S. It is bounded by Huron Glacier
Huron Glacier
Huron Glacier is a 7.7 km long and 3.5 km wide glacial flow on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The glacier is bounded by Bowles Ridge to the north, Wörner Gap to the west and Tangra Mountains to the south, receiving ice influx from several tributary glaciers...
to the N, Iskar Glacier
Iskar Glacier
Iskar Glacier is a glacier in Livingston Island, draining the north slopes of the Tangra Mountains between Helmet Peak to the west and Delchev Peak to the east...
to the NE, Macy Glacier
Macy Glacier
Macy Glacier is a 6 km long and 2.3 km crescent-shaped glacier on the southern slopes of Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
and Boyana Glacier
Boyana Glacier
Boyana Glacier is located to the east of Vazov Rock, to the south of St. Naum Peak, Starosel Gate, Silistra Knoll and Kotel Gap, and to the west of Christoff Cliff in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. Extending 3 km in east-west direction...
to the SW, and Srebarna Glacier
Srebarna Glacier
Srebarna Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining southeast of the Great Needle Peak and Serdica Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains to enter Bransfield Strait between Aytos Point and M'Kean Point. Extending 2.3 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.8...
and Magura Glacier
Magura Glacier
Magura Glacier is located to the north of M'Kean Point on the southeast side of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is bounded by Great Needle Peak to the west, Vitosha Saddle, Vihren Peak and Helmet Peak to the northwest, Plovdiv Peak and Shishman...
to the SE.
The ridge takes its name from Levski Peak. Remark: The name form ‘Great Needle’ has become established in usage for the ridge’s summit, with ‘great’ considered more appropriate than the adjective ‘false’ in its Spanish name form ‘Pico Falsa Aguja’ as this major peak is hardly associated with the ‘true’ Needle Peak (Pico Aguja), a sharp black peak of elevation just 370 m situated near Samuel Point 8 km away.
Location
The midpoint is located at 62°39′45"S 60°03′00"W which is situated 6.84 km east of Mount FrieslandMount Friesland
Mount Friesland is the summit of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is rising to 1700 m sharp, and is heavily glaciated and crevassed. Situated 12.5 km northeast of Barnard Point, 9.7 km east-southeast of St...
, 6.8 km southeast of Kuzman Knoll
Kuzman Knoll
Kuzman Knoll is a solitary ice-covered knoll rising to 620 m in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The knoll forms a conspicuous landmark in Wörner Gap area, overlooking Huron Glacier and upper Perunika Glacier...
, 6.75 km west-southwest of Delchev Peak
Delchev Peak
Delchev Peak is the summit of Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island and rises to approximately 940 m. The peak surmounts Iskar Glacier to the west, Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north, and Ropotamo Glacier to the south...
, and 3.3 km northwest of M'Kean Point
M'Kean Point
M'Kean Point on the southeast coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is formed by an offshoot of Kalofer Peak. The point separates the termini of Srebarna Glacier to the southwest and Magura Glacier to the north-northeast....
(British mapping in 1968, Argentine mapping in 1980, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the topographic survey Tangra 2004/05
Tangra 2004/05
The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy...
).
Maps
- 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
