Dospey Heights [SEP] continent
Dospey Heights
Dospey Heights (, ‘Dospeyski Vazvisheniya’ \do-'spey-ski va-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the ice-free heights on Ray Promontory in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 6 km southeastwards from Essex Point and Start Point, and 2.6 km wide. Rising to 265 m at Start Hill.
The feature is part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area "ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula", situated in one of its restricted zones
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The heights are named after the settlement of Dospey in Rila Mountain, southwestern Bulgaria.
Location.
Dospey Heights are centred at . British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991 and 1993 and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.
Maps.
- Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992. (Map image on p. 55 of the linked study)
- L.L. Ivanov et al. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-