Ilinden Peak

Ilinden Peak

Ilinden Peak (Vrah Ilinden 'vr&h 'i-lin-den) is an ice-covered peak rising to 620 m in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated 1.2 km northeast of Razgrad Peak, 1.3 km east by north of Terter Peak, 700 m west of Momchil Peak, and 3.4 km northwest of Sartorius Point. Precipitous and partly ice-free south slope surmounting Zheravna Glacier. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after the settlement of Ilinden in Southwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the 1903 Bulgarian uprising of Ilinden-Preobrazhenie for the liberation of Macedonia and Odrin (Adrianople) Thrace.

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* L.L. Ivanov et al, of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, 2005

References

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer]


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