Mezek Peak
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Mezek Peak is a sharp peak rising to 1650 m in Imeon Range
on Smith Island
, South Shetland Islands
. Situated 1.07 km east of Mount Pisgah
and 4.02 km southwest by south of Mount Christi
. Precipitous and predominantly ice-free east slopes. Overlooking Dalgopol Glacier
to the northwest. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the medieval fortress of Mezek
in southeastern Bulgaria
.
Imeon Range
Imeon Range is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide...
on Smith Island
Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....
, South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
. Situated 1.07 km east of Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah (Smith Island)
Mount Pisgah is a peak rising to 1860 m in the north-central part of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is linked by Kostenets Saddle to Drinov Peak to the southwest, and surmounts Dalgopol Glacier to the north and Vetrino Glacier to the west.Because the...
and 4.02 km southwest by south of Mount Christi
Mount Christi
Mount Christi is a peak rising to 1280 m in the northern Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Saparevo Glacier to the north and Kongur Glacier to the west-northwest....
. Precipitous and predominantly ice-free east slopes. Overlooking Dalgopol Glacier
Dalgopol Glacier
Dalgopol Glacier is a 3.4 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range. Flowing north of Mount Pisgah and northwest of Mezek Peak into Drake Passage. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the town of Dalgopol in northeastern...
to the northwest. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the medieval fortress of Mezek
Mezek
Mezek is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo Province. It lies at the foot of the eastern Rhodope Mountains, just north of the Bulgaria–Greece border and not far west of the Bulgaria–Turkey border. Mezek is famous for the well-preserved medieval Mezek...
in southeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Map
- 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
