Mount Kliment Ohridski
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Mount Kliment Ohridski (Vrah Kliment Ohridski \'vr&h 'kli-ment 'o-hrid-ski\) is the highest ridge (1500m) in the Sofia University Mountains
Sofia University Mountains
Sofia University Mountains are a cluster of three small mountains, 14 km long in the north-south direction and 5.5 km wide, rising to 1500 m in north-western Alexander Island.They are located south-southeast of Havre Mountains, southwest of Rouen Mountains, northwest of Elgar Uplands, east...

 on Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...

, Antarctica. The feature extends 7 km in the northwest-southeast direction with partly ice-free southern slopes. Shaw Nunatak
Shaw Nunatak
Shaw Nunatak is a nunatak rising to 500 m in Nichols Snowfield, northern Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , 1960...

 is located in Nichols Snowfield
Nichols Snowfield
Nichols Snowfield is a snowfield, 22 nautical miles long and 8 nautical miles wide, bounded by the Rouen Mountains and Elgar Uplands to the east and Lassus Mountains to the west, in the north part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land...

 4 km off the southeast extremity of Mount Kliment Ohridski.

Following field work in northern Alexander Island by a joint British-Bulgarian party during the summer of 1987-88, the peak was named for Clement of Ohrid
Clement of Ohrid
Saint Clement of Ohrid was a medieval Bulgarian saint, scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs. He was the most prominent disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius and is often associated with the creation of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets, especially their popularisation among...

 in association with the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia.

Location

The cliff is located at 69°31′04"S 71°23′30"W which is 7.15 km east-соутхеаст of Mount Wilbye
Mount Wilbye
Mount Wilbye is the highest peak of Lassus Mountains in the north part of Alexander Island. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960...

 аnd 9.12 km south of the summit of Balan Ridge
Balan Ridge
Balan Ridge is the ridge rising to 800 m in Sofia University Mountains on Alexander Island in Antarctica. The ridge is situated 7 km north by east of Mount Kliment Ohridski, extending 4.5 km in north-south direction, 1.45 km wide, and is bounded by Poste Valley to the east, by Palestrina Glacier...

(British mapping of the area from air photos taken by the 1947-48 US Expedition under Ronne).

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3127. DOS 610 - W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.
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