Tsarigrad Peak

Tsarigrad Peak (Bulgarian: Връх Цариград, romanized: vrah Tsarigrad, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈt͡sariɡrɐt]) is a sharp, ice-covered peak rising to 1689 metres in the Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It overlooks Armira Glacier to the southeast.

The peak is named after the 1876 Constantinople Conference (Tsarigrad is the Bulgarian name for Constantinople), during which the Great Powers that determined the Bulgarian ethnic borders in the second half of the 19th century.

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