Balkanov Peak

Location of Liège Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Balkanov Peak (Bulgarian: Балканов връх, romanizedBalkanov vrah, IPA: [bɐɫˈkanov ˈvrɤx]) is the ice-covered twin peak rising to 646 and 648 m[1] in Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It surmounts Coria Cove to the south and Shterna Glacier to the north.

The feature is named after Ivan Balkanov, boatman at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 2002/03 and subsequent seasons.

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019