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Pesyakov Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pesyakov Hill (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The ice-free hill rising to 36 m on Bulgarian Beach, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Situated next SSW of the 1988 buildings of St. Kliment Ohridski base, 490 m NE of Hespérides Point and 270 m SW of Sinemorets Hill. Surmounting Grand Lagoon to the W and SW. Access to the hill is restricted to protect floral communities. Spanish mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian in 1996. Named after Captain Feliks Pesyakov whose vessel, the Soviet Research Ship Mihail Somov, provided logistic support for building the first facilities of the Bulgarian Antarctic base in April 1988.
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