Polanco Peak

Polanco Peak (Bulgarian: връх Поланко, romanized: vrah Polanco, IPA: [ˈvrɤx po-ˈlan-ko]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 721 m[1] on the northwest side of the pass Orpheus Gate on eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

It surmounts Perunika Glacier on the north-east, Huntress Glacier on the south, and Balkan Snowfield on the west.

First ascent by a team from the Spanish base Juan Carlos I led by Àlex Simón i Casanovas on 20 November 2003.

[2] The feature is named after the Spanish diplomat Alejandro Polanco Mata for his particularly significant contribution to the development of Bulgarian-Spanish logistics and scientific collaborarion in Antarctica.

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