Dryanovo Heights ( Dryanovski Vazvisheniya \'drya-nov-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) is an ice-covered heights, rising to 520 m in the northwest part of Greenwich Island . Extending 13 km in northwest-southeast direction, and 7 km in northeast-southwest direction. Featuring Mount Plymouth in the east, Crutch Peaks in the northwest, Lloyd Hill in the southwest, and Malamir Knoll in the southeast.
5-613: Named after the Bulgarian town of Dryanovo . Registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer . The midpoint of the feature is located at 62°28′50″S 59°52′10″W / 62.48056°S 59.86944°W / -62.48056; -59.86944 . Dryanovo Heights. Copernix satellite image This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which
10-438: Is a centre of the homonymous Dryanovo Municipality , which is composed of 62 villages, hamlets and huts picturesquely spread out of the mountain folds. As of 2015, it had a population of 7,968. In 2009, it was 8,043. Dryanovo has a favourable geographical position, being situated 20 km away from Gabrovo , 24 km from Veliko Tarnovo , 17 km from Tryavna and about 30 km away from Sevlievo . The town lies on
15-585: Is used with permission. This Greenwich Island location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dryanovo Dryanovo ( Bulgarian : Дряново , [ˈdrʲanovo] ) is a Bulgarian town situated at the northern foot of the Balkan Mountains in Gabrovo Province ; amphitheatrically along the two banks of Dryanovo River , a tributary to the Yantra River . The town
20-654: The Ottoman Empire . The oldest traces of life on Balkan Peninsula were discovered in the area, proofs of human presence from the Paleolithic were discovered in Bacho Kiro cave near Dryanovo monastery , situated in the Andaka river valley. Numerous relics of ancient villages, fortresses, pillars with inscriptions and ornaments from Thracian and Roman times (Boruna and Diskoduratera fortresses) were discovered there. Dryanovo
25-545: The Rousse - Veliko Tarnovo - Gabrovo - Shipka - Kazanlak - Stara Zagora highway and it is a station of the main railway thoroughfare, which links the north and the south part of Bulgaria . Like all Balkan mountain settlements, Dryanovo reached its bloom at the time of the Bulgarian National Revival . In 1883 it was proclaimed a town. Masons and woodcarvers spread the fame of the town throughout Bulgaria and far away in
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