Passy Peak (, ) is a peak of elevation 510 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Panega Glacier to the southeast, Rose Valley Glacier to the northeast, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest. The peak is named after Solomon Passy (b. 1956) in appreciation of his role in organizing the Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns and the upgrade of St. Kliment Ohridski base in 1993–96.

Location

The peak is located at , which is 1.4 km northeast of Miziya Peak, 8.6 km south of Williams Point, 1.6 km west-northwest of Madara Peak and 380 m northeast of Krichim Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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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.

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References

Passy Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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External links

Passy Peak. Copernix satellite image

Mountains of Livingston Island