Gubesh Peak

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Gubesh Peak (Bulgarian: връх Губеш, ‘Vrah Gubesh’ \'vr&h 'gu-besh\) is the peak rising to 1240 m in Flowers Hills, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Rutford Ice Stream to the east and Sikera Valley to the west.

The peak is named after the settlement of Gubesh in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Gubesh Peak is located at 78°27′24″S 84°09′58″W / 78.45667°S 84.16611°W / -78.45667; -84.16611Coordinates: 78°27′24″S 84°09′58″W / 78.45667°S 84.16611°W / -78.45667; -84.16611, which is 11.29 km east by north of Mount Havener, 13.95 km south-southeast of Dickey Peak and 13.4 km northwest of Batil Spur, and 8.31 km northeast of Taylor Spur in Doyran Heights. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

Gubesh Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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