Mount Persenk

Persenk, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Persenk  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19150
Name ID: 137515

Feature type:

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The rounded, ice-covered peak rising to 1700 m in Lovech Heights on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land. Situated 15.3 km NW of the ridge forming Cape Fairweather, 12 km NNE of Skilly Peak, 18.15 km E of Mount Quandary, and 3.17 km WSW of Mount Moriya. Surmounting Rogosh Glacier to the N, W and S. British mapping in 1978. Named after Persenk Peak in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 52' 12.0" S
-64.87000°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
61° 11' 40.0" W
-61.19444°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
1700 m
Accurate to 0m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Dec-2012

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