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Penov Knoll

Penov Knoll (, ) is the partially ice-free hill of elevation 155 m at the northern foot of Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica, forming the island's northeast extremity Cape Smith. It is located 2.9 km northeast of Matochina Peak, and connected on the southwest to the mainland of the island by a 400 m wide isthmus of elevation 76 m. The area was visited by seal hunters in the early 19th century.

The feature is named after Sasho Penov, Deputy Minister of Education and Science (2022–2023), for his assistance in the acquisition and operation of the Bulgarian polar research vessel Sts. Cyril and Methodius by the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna and the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute.

Maps

  • Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. )
  • South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
  • L.L. Ivanov. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.

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