Melnik Peak

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Melnik Peak from Miziya Peak.
The survey route of Tangra 2004/05 including Melnik Peak.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

Melnik Peak (Bulgarian: връх Мельник, romanized: vrah Melnik, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈmɛɫnik]) is the 696 m summit of Melnik Ridge in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. Surmounting Kaliakra Glacier to the north and west, and Struma Glacier to the southeast. The peak takes its name from Melnik Ridge.

First ascent by Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev from Camp Academia on 28 December 2004, as part of Tangra 2004/05 survey.[1][2]

  1. ^ L.L. Ivanov, Livingston Island: Tangra Mountains, Komini Peak, west slope new rock route; Lyaskovets Peak, first ascent; Zograf Peak, first ascent; Vidin Heights, Melnik Peak, Melnik Ridge, first ascent, The American Alpine Journal, 2005, 312-315.
  2. ^ Antarctica: Livingston Island, Climb Magazine, Issue 14, Kettering, UK, April 2006, pp. 89-91.