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Dospey Heights

Dospey Heights (Bulgarian: Доспейски възвишения, ‘Dospeyski Vazvisheniya’ do-'spey-ski va-zvi-'she-ni-ya) are the ice-free heights on Ray Promontory in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 6 km southeastwards from Essex Point and Start Point, and 2.6 km wide. Rising to 265 m at Start Hill.

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The heights are named after the settlement of Dospey in Rila Mountain, southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Dospey Heights are centred at 62°35′50″S 61°08′25″W. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991 and 1993 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

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

    Dospey Heights Wikipedia