Hemus Peak
Hemus Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to 636 metres off the northwest extremity of Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island. The feature is 850 metres long in east-west direction and 550 metres wide, and overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the northeast and Perunika Glacier to the southwest.- Peak rising to 636 metres (2,087 feet)
- …is named after Balkan Mountains
- Description: mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rayna Knyaginya Peak and Bowles West Peak.
Hemus Peak
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.60626° or 62° 36′ 23″ south
Longitude
-60.22059° or 60° 13′ 14″ west
Open location code
379X9QVH+FQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Hemus Peak” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хемус (връх)”
- Cebuano: “Hemus Peak”
- Chinese: “赫穆斯峰”
- Dutch: “Hemus Peak”
- German: “Hemus Peak”
- Ladin: “Hemus Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hemus Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hemus Peak”
- Swedish: “Hemus Peak”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Academia and Ficheto Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Bowles and Ticha Peak.
Antarctica: Highlights
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