Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Hemus Peak (BGR) | 62° 36' 20.0" S | 60° 13' 22.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 105015
Place ID: 6243
Ice-covered peak off the NW extremity of Mount Bowles, Livingston Island. Located 920m N by W of Bowles West Peak, 3.55km NE of Rezen Knoll, 6.27km E by N of Aleko Rock and 3.5km S by E of Gleaner Heights. Rising to 636m, overlooking Perunika Glacier to the WSW and Kaliakra Glacier to the NE. Bulgarian mapping in 1996. Hemus is an ancient name for Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains). |
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| Hemus Peak (GBR) | 62° 36' 18.5" S | 60° 13' 24.4" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 109266
Place ID: 6243
Peak, rising to 834 m, located 1700 m to the NW of summit of Mount Bowles, 6080 m to the N of Mount Friesland's summit, 3750 m to the NE of Burdicks Peak, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Hemus is the ancient Thracian name for the Balkan Mountains which separates northern and southern Bulgaria (APC 1997). |
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| Hemus Peak (USA) | 62° 36' 00.0" S | 60° 13' 00.0" W | Peak |
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Name ID: 126414
Place ID: 6243
An ice-covered peak rising to 636 m off the NW extremity of Mount Bowles in eastern Livingston Island. Located 1,720 m NW of the highest point of Mount Bowles (834 m), 920 m N by W of Bowles West Peak (678 m), 3,550 m NE of Rezen Knoll, 6,270 m E by N of Aleko Rock and 3,500 m S by E of Gleaner Heights. The feature is cone-shaped, 850 m long in E-W direction and 550 m wide. Overlooking Perunika Glacier to the WSW, with a small tributary glacier draining the area between Hemus Peak and Bowles West Peak. Hemus is an ancient name of the Balkan Mountains, the central mountain range separating northern from southern Bulgaria. |
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