Mount Persenk

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Mount Persenk (Bulgarian: връх Персенк, ‘Vrah Persenk’ \'vr&h per-'senk\) is the rounded, ice-covered peak rising to 1700 m in Lovech Heights on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is surmounting Rogosh Glacier to the north, west and south.

The feature is named after Persenk Peak in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Mount Persenk is located at 64°52′12″S 61°11′40″W / 64.87000°S 61.19444°W / -64.87000; -61.19444Coordinates: 64°52′12″S 61°11′40″W / 64.87000°S 61.19444°W / -64.87000; -61.19444, which is 15.3 km northwest of the ridge forming Cape Fairweather, 12 km north-northeast of Skilly Peak, 18.15 km east of Mount Quandary, and 3.17 km west-southwest of Mount Moriya. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Mount Persenk. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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