Silistra Knoll rises to over 700 m (2,297 ft) in southern Levski Ridge

Levski Ridge

Levski Ridge is the central ridge of the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. Its summit, Great Needle Peak rises to approximately 1,700m ....

, in the Tangra Mountains

Tangra Mountains

Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 of Livingston Island in the 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...

, Antarctica. It is bounded by 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...

 to the north 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 south.

Location

The knoll is located at 62°41′25.8"S 60°05′30"W which is 2.09 km (1.3 mi) southwest of Serdica Peak

Serdica Peak

Serdica Peak rises to approximately 1,200 m in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Linked to Silistra Knoll to the west-southwest by Kotel Gap...

 to which the knoll is linked by Kotel Gap

Kotel Gap

Kotel Gap is a saddle of elevation 660 m extending 1 km between Serdica Peak and Silistra Knoll in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The saddle is part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Macy Glacier to the north and...

, 2.78 km (1.7 mi) northwest of Aytos Point

Aytos Point

Aytos Point is a point on the coast of Bransfield Strait, Livingston Island, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Christoff Cliff...

, 1.98 km (1.2 mi) northeast of Peshev Peak

Peshev Ridge

Peshev Ridge is a crescent-shaped ridge in central Tangra Mountains extending along the northeast coast of Brunow Bay and southeast of Macy Glacier, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Its east extremity is formed by the summit St. Naum Peak , separated from Balchik Ridge...

 and 2.86 km (1.8 mi) south of the summit of St. Ivan Rilski Col

St. Ivan Rilski Col

St. Ivan Rilski Col is an ice-covered col linking the Great Needle Peak and Levski Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.The feature is 1.4 km long, its axis trending east-west, with precipitous southern slopes...

 (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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

Reference

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.