Vidin Heights

Vidin Heights

Vidin Heights (Vidinski Vazvisheniya 'vi-din-ski v&z-vi-'she-ni-ya) are ice-covered heights rising to 604 m on Varna Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The feature is approximately 8 km long, trending west-southwest to east-northeast towards Inott Point. The summit, Miziya Peak, is located 4.2 km north-northeast of Leslie Hill and 9.25 km north by east of Mount Bowles. The heights feature Samuel Peak 1.8 km east-southeast of Miziya Peak, and Sharp Peak at their east-northeast extremity.

Vidin is the name of a town in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

The summit is located at coord|62|32|08|S|60|09|52|W| (UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapping in 1968, rough Argentine mapping in 1980, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 from the Tangra 2004/05 topographic survey).

ee also

*Arbanasi Nunatak

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .
* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]


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