Spartacus Peak

Spartacus Peak

Spartacus Peak (Vrah Spartak 'vr&h spar-'tak) is a 650m peak in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Sopot Ice Piedmont to the N and Strandzha Glacier to the E and SE.

The peak was named after the Thracian warrior Spartacus (c. 109-71 BC) whose likely birthplace was in the Sandanski region, in south-west Bulgaria.

Location

The peak is located at coord|62|38|16|S|59|55|20|W| which is SW of Trigrad Gap, 900 m ENE of Delchev Peak, 800 m SW of Yavorov Peak and 1.3 km S of Rodopi Peak (Bulgarian mapping 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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