Yambol Peak

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Yambol Peak from Bransfield Strait, with Prespa Glacier on the right.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Yambol Peak (Bulgarian: връх Ямбол, romanized: vrah Yambol, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈjamboɫ]) is a rocky peak rising to 300 m in the south extremity of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and overlooking Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the west and Prespa Glacier to the northeast. The ice-free surface area of the peak is 33 hectares (82 acres).[1] A southeastern offshoot of the peak forms Gela Point. The feature is named after the Bulgarian town of Yambol.

  1. ^ 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