Paisiy Peak [SEP] continent
Paisiy Peak
Paisiy Peak (Vrah Paisiy \'vr&h pa-'i-siy\) rises to approximately 550 m in the Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north and east.
The peak is named after St. Paisiy Hilendarski (St. Paisius of Chilendar, 1722–73), a famous figure of the Bulgarian national Renaissance, and author of the book ‘Slavonic-Bulgarian History: On the People, Bulgarian Czars and Saints, and All Bulgarian Deeds and Events’
. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
- L.L. Ivanov. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
References.
- Paisiy Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links.
- Paisiy Peak. Copernix satellite image