Shishman Peak

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Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Shishman Peak from Bransfield Strait, with Magura Glacier in the foreground.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

Shishman Peak (Bulgarian: връх Шишман, romanized: vrah Shishman, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ʃiʃˈman]) rises to over 800 m in the east extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak overlooks Iskar Glacier and Bruix Cove to the north-northeast and Magura Glacier to the south. The peak is named after Czar Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, 1371-1395 AD.

The peak is located at 62°38′59.5″S 59°59′28″W / 62.649861°S 59.99111°W / -62.649861; -59.99111, which is west of Devin Saddle, 780 m northeast of Plovdiv Peak, 1.43 km west-northwest of Kuber Peak and 3.45 km south-southwest of Rila Point (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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