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St. Sofroniy Knoll (Bulgarian: Св. Софрониева могила, ‘Sv. Sofronieva Mogila’ \ sve-'ti so-'fro-ni-e-va mo-'gi-la\) is the hill rising to 107 m on the small ice-free peninsula of President Head in the northeast extremity of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated 1.3 km southwest of the extreme northeast point of the peninsula, and overlooks Calliope Beach on the west-northwest and Oeagrus Beach on the west.

The knoll is named after St. Sofroniy Vrachanski (Sophronius of Vratsa, born Stoyko Vladislavov; 1739–1813), a leading figure in the Bulgarian National Revival.

Location

St. Sofroniy Knoll is located at 62°43′49″S 61°13′12″W. British mapping in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009.

Map

• 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

References

• St. Sofroniy Knoll. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• St. Sofroniy Knoll. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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Der St. Sofroniy Knoll (englisch; bulgarisch Св. Софрониева могила .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Sw. Sofroniewa mogila) ist ein 107 m hoher Hügel auf Snow Island im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinseln. Er ragt 1,3 km südwestlich des President Head auf.

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