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Ustra Peak

Ustra Peak (Vrah Ustra \'vr&h 'us-tra) is a rocky peak of 195 m on the coast of Walker Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak was named after the medieval Bulgarian fortress of Ustra in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains.

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Map of Ustra Peak, Antarctica

Location

The peak is located at 62°38′26″S 60°35′57″W, which is next southeast of Verila Glacier, 2.1 km west of Krakra Bluff and 1.71 km north-northeast of Hannah Point. It was mapped by the British in 1968, and by the Bulgarians 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

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    Ustra Peak Wikipedia
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