Ilinden Peak
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Ilinden Peak (Vrah Ilinden \'vr&h 'i-lin-den\) is an ice-covered peak rising to 620 m in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Situated 1.2 km northeast of Razgrad Peak, 1.3 km east by north of Terter Peak, 700 m west of Momchil Peak, and 3.4 km northwest of Sartorius Point. Precipitous and partly ice-free south slope surmounting Zheravna Glacier. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after the settlement of Ilinden in Southwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the 1903 Bulgarian uprising of Ilinden-Preobrazhenie for the liberation of Macedonia and Odrin (Adrianople) Thrace.
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- L.L. Ivanov et al, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), Scale 1: 100000 map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, 2005
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
