Melnik Peak

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Melnik Peak is a 696-meter-high summit on Melnik Ridge in eastern Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It rises above Kaliakra Glacier to the north and west and Struma Glacier to the southeast. The peak is named after Melnik Ridge. It was first climbed on 28 December 2004 by Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev from Camp Academia, during the Tangra 2004/05 survey. Melnik Peak is located at 62.6018°S, 60.1531°W, about 4.04 km southwest of Sindel Point, 2.41 km northwest of Atanasoff Nunatak, 1.26 km north of Asparuh Peak, 3.03 km northeast by east of Mount Bowles, 3.50 km east by north of Hemus Peak, 4.05 km southeast by south of Castra Martis Hill, and 7.40 km south of Miziya Peak. The area was mapped in 2005 and 2009.