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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
St. Ivan Rilski Col (BGR) 62° 39' 49.0" S 60° 05' 43.0" W
Name ID: 134656 Place ID: 17428

The ice-covered col linking Falsa Aguja Peak and Levski Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island. The feature is 2.3 km long, its axis trending E-W, with precipitous northern and southern slopes. Slightly higher central portion of elevation approx. 1,350 m. Part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Huron Glacier to the N and the head of Macy Glacier to the S. Named after Sveti Ivan Rilski (Saint John of Rila, 876-946 AD), a Bulgarian hermit who founded the Rila Monastery.

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