Mezek Peak

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Mezek Peak (Bulgarian: връх Мезек, ‘Vrah Mezek’ \'vr&h me-'zek\) 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.

Coordinates: 62°56′19″S 62°26′47″W / 62.93861°S 62.44639°W / -62.93861; -62.44639

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

References

Mezek Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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