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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Balkanov Peak (BGR) 64° 00' 24.0" S 61° 52' 11.0" W Peak
Name ID: 137720 Place ID: 19386

The ice-covered peak rising to 600 m in Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Situated 2.14 km E by N of Vazharov Peak and 5.8 km SW of Neyt Point. Surmounting Coria Cove to the S and Shterna Glacier to the N. British mapping in 1978. Named after Ivan Balkanov, boatman at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 2002/03 and subsequent seasons.

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