Great Needle Peak
Great Needle Peak (Bulgarian: Голям Иглен връх, romanized: Golyam Iglen vrah, IPA: [ɡoˈʎam ˈiɡlɛn ˈvrɤx]; variant name in Spanish: pico Falsa Aguja, lit. 'False Needle Peak') is the summit of the central Levski Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Rising to 1,679.5 m, it is the third highest peak of both the mountains and the island after Mount Friesland (1700.2 m) and St. Boris Peak (1685 m). Great Needle Peak surmounts Huron Glacier and its tributary draining Devnya Valley to the north, Magura Glacier to the east, Srebarna Glacier to the south, and Macy Glacier to the southwest.
| Great Needle Peak | |
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Great Needle Peak from Bransfield Strait | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,679.5 metres (5,510 feet) |
| Prominence | ca. 480 metres (1,575 feet) (key col Shipka Saddle) |
| Coordinates | 62°40′11″S 60°03′15″W |
| Geography | |
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
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| Location | Livingston Island, Antarctica |
| Parent range | Tangra Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 8 January 2015 Doychin Boyanov, Nikolay Petkov and Aleksander Shopov |
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