Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland IslandsPaisiy Peak from Miziya PeakTopographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island
The peak is named after St. Paisiy Hilendarski (St. Paisius of Chilendar, 1722–73), a famous figure of the Bulgarian National Revival, and author of the book ‘Slavonic-Bulgarian History: On the People, Bulgarian Czars and Saints, and All Bulgarian Deeds and Events’.