St. Evtimiy Crag
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St. Evtimiy Crag is a rocky peak of elevation 350 m in Delchev Ridge
Delchev Ridge
Delchev Ridge is the eastern ridge of the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island and extends 10 km east-northeastward from Devin Saddle to Renier Point. The ridge is named in association with Delchev Peak.-Location:...

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

, 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 surmounting Dobrudzha Glacier
Dobrudzha Glacier
Dobrudzha Glacier is located on the southeast side of Tangra Mountains, Burgas Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island, and is bounded by Ruse Peak and Asen Peak to the north and by Kuber Peak to the west. The glacier flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait...

 to the southwest, Ropotamo Glacier
Ropotamo Glacier
Ropotamo Glacier is a glacier extending 900 m in northeast-southwest direction and 600 m in northwest-southeast direction on the Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is named after the river Ropotamo in Bulgaria...

 to the northeast and Yantra Cove
Yantra Cove
Yantra Cove is a 560 m wide cove in the south coast of the Burgas Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica east of St. Evtimiy Crag, southeast of Asen Peak and south-southeast of Delchev Peak...

 to the east.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian scholar and spiritual leader St. Euthymius of Turnovo
Patriarch Evtimiy of Bulgaria
Saint Evtimiy of Tarnovo was Patriarch of Bulgaria between 1375 and 1393. Regarded as one of the most important figures of medieval Bulgaria, Evtimiy was the last head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the Second Bulgarian Empire...

 (1327–1404).

Location

The crag is located at 62°39′16"S 59°55′59"W which is 1.45 km south 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...

, 870 m south-southeast of Asen Peak
Asen Peak
Asen Peak is a peak in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak rises to 810 m in the Delchev Ridge of the Tangra Mountains. The peak overlooks Iskar Glacier and Bruix Cove to the northwest, Ropotamo Glacier to the east-southeast and Dobrudzha Glacier to the...

 and 1.64 km east of Kuber Peak
Kuber Peak
Kuber Peak is a 770 m peak in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the 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...

 survey).

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