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Sakar Peak

Sakar Peak (Vrah Sakar \'vr&h sa-'kar) is a peak of elevation 355 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Partly ice-free southeast slopes. Surmounting Panega Glacier to the north and east, and the lower course of Kaliakra Glacier to the south.

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Map of Sakar Peak, Antarctica

The peak is named after Sakar Mountain in southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

The peak is located at 62°32′43″S 60°07′15″W, which is 570 m northeast of Perperek Knoll, 590 m southeast of Samuel Peak, 1.29 km south-southeast of Madara Peak and 2.28 km west-southwest of Helis Nunatak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • 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

    Sakar Peak Wikipedia
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