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Arsela Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Arsela Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak (2d)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The peak rising to 1600 m near the S end of Owen Ridge, the southernmost portion of the main ridge of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated 11 km SE of Lishness Peak, 14.9 km WSW of Mountainview Ridge in Petvar Heights, 4 km NNW of Bowers Corner, and 12.1 km NE of O’Neale Nunataks in Bastien Range. Precipitous and partly ice-free N and SW slopes. Surmounting lower Nimitz Glacier to the SW and the end of Wessbecher Glacier to the NE. US mapping in 1961 and 1988. Named after the Thracian settlement of Arsela in Southern Bulgaria.
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