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Sostra Heights (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sostra Heights (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Heights (2d)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The heights rising ro 2460 m (Mount Malone) on the E side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Extending 22 km in NW-SE direction and 16.5 km in NE-SW direction. Bounded by Embree Glacier to the S, Sabazios Glacier to the W, Newcomer Glacier to the N and Rutford Ice Stream to the E, and separated by Robinson Pass to the SW from the side ridge that trends 9.15 km east-northeastwards from Mount Dalrymple on the main crest of Sentinel Range. US mapping in 1961. Named after the ancient Roman fortress of Sostra in Northern Bulgaria.
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