Canetti Peak

Canetti Peak

Canetti Peak (Vrah Kaneti 'vr&h ka-'ne-ti) is a 400 m peak in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island. The peak has precipitous and ice-free western slopes and overlooks Zagore Beach and False Bay to the west and north, and Charity Glacier to the south. The peak was named after Elias Canetti (1905-1994), a Bulgarian-born Nobel laureate in literature.

Location

The peak is located at coord|62|43|22|S|60|19|25|W| which is 1.2 km west by southwest of MacKay Peak and 2.2 km north by west of the summit of Veleka Ridge.

The peak was mapped by Bulgaria in 2005.

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .
* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]


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