Polanco Peak

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Polanco Peak, Orpheus Gate and Pliska Ridge (right to left) from Kuzman Knoll, with Wörner Gap in the foreground
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island
Topographic map of eastern Livingston Island featuring Polanco Peak

Polanco Peak (Bulgarian: връх Поланко, romanized: vrah Polanco, IPA: [ˈvrɤx po-ˈlan-ko]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 721 m[1] on the northwest side of the pass Orpheus Gate on eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts Perunika Glacier on the north-east, Huntress Glacier on the south, and Balkan Snowfield on the west. First ascent by a team from the Spanish base Juan Carlos I led by Àlex Simón i Casanovas on 20 November 2003.[2]

The feature is named after the Spanish diplomat Alejandro Polanco Mata for his particularly significant contribution to the development of Bulgarian-Spanish logistics and scientific collaborarion in Antarctica.[2]

  1. ^ A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023
  2. ^ a b Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer