Mount Kliment Ohridski

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

NASA satellite image of Alexander Island

Mount Kliment Ohridski (Bulgarian: връх Климент Охридски, romanized: vrah Kliment Ohridski, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈklimɛnt ˈɔxritski]) is the highest ridge (1500m) in the Sofia University Mountains on Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature extends 7 km in the northwest–southeast direction with partly ice-free southern slopes. Shaw Nunatak is located in Nichols Snowfield 4 km off the southeast extremity of Mount Kliment Ohridski.

Following field work in northern Alexander Island by a joint British-Bulgarian party during the summer of 1987–88, the peak was named for Clement of Ohrid in association with the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia.

Location

The peak is located at 69°31′04″S 71°23′30″W which is 8.7 km northeast of Mount Devol, 7.15 km east-southeast of Mount Wilbye and 9.12 km south of the summit of Balan Ridge (British mapping of the area from air photos taken by the 1947-48 US Expedition under Ronne).

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3127. DOS 610 - W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

• Mount Kliment Ohridski. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Mount Kliment Ohridski. Copernix satellite image

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