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Mesta Peak

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Mesta Peak from Bransfield Strait.
Topographic map of Livingston Island

Mesta Peak (Bulgarian: връх Места, romanizedvrah Mesta, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈmɛstɐ]) is a conspicuous, sharp and narrow rocky peak extending 500 m in east-west direction and rising to approximately 400 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak has steep and ice-free slopes and surmounts the east extremity of Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north.

The peak is named after the Mesta River in Bulgaria.

Location

The peak is located at 62°37′10.9″S 59°50′04.5″W / 62.619694°S 59.834583°W / -62.619694; -59.834583, which is 1.53 km east-northeast of Kaloyan Nunatak, 1.5 km east of Besapara Hill, 1.05 km northeast of Shabla Knoll and 1.86 km southwest of Renier Point.

Maps


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.