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Ustra Peak
in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak was
named after the medieval Bulgarian fortress of Ustra in
the Eastern Rhodope Mountains.
Location
The peak is located at 62°38′26″S 60°35′57″W / 62.64056°S
60.59917°W / -62.64056; -60.59917 which is next south-
east of Verila Glacier, 2.1 km west of Krakra Bluff and
1.71 km north-northeast of Hannah Point. It was mapped
by the British in 1968, and by the Bulgarians in 2005 and
2009.
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Maps
• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and
Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale
1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-
names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and
Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale
1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner
Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
Reference
• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-
names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Ustra Peak from Walker Bay.
Ustra Peak (Vrah Ustra \’vr&h ’us-tra\) is a rocky peak
of 195 m on the coast of Walker Bay, Livingston Island
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