Slaveykov Peak

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Slaveykov Peak with Mount Foster on the right.
Topographic map of Smith Island.

Slaveykov Peak (Bulgarian: Славейков Връх, romanized: Slaveykov vrah, IPA: [sɫɐˈvɛjkov ˈvrɤx]) (63°00′36″S 62°34′28″W / 63.01000°S 62.57444°W / -63.01000; -62.57444) is a sharp peak rising to 1,674 m[1][2] in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, to which it is linked by Zavet Saddle, 1.12 km north-northeast of Neofit Peak, 2.4 km east of Lakatnik Point and 3.45 km northwest of Ivan Asen Point. It overlooks Armira Glacier to the southeast and Bistra Glacier to the north. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

The peak is named after the prominent Bulgarian poet and pamphleteer Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895).

  1. ^ Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer
  2. ^ I.M. Howat, C. Porter, B.E. Smith, M.-J. Noh and P. Morin. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA). Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2022 (Antarctic REMA Exlorer)