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Zemen Knoll

Zemen Knoll (Zemenska Mogila \'ze-men-ska mo-'gi-la) is a peak of 453 m in the Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The knoll overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the southeast, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest and west. The feature is named after the town of Zemen in Western Bulgaria.

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First ascent by Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia on 25 December 2004, as part of Tangra 2004/05 survey.

Location

The knoll is located at 62°32′27.5″S 60°10′33.1″W, which is 280 m north of Radnevo Peak, 840 m southwest of Miziya Peak and 1.59 km west of Ahtopol Peak.

The knoll was mapped by Bulgaria in 2005 and 2009 from the Tangra topographic survey of 2004/05.

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

    Zemen Knoll Wikipedia
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