Reselets Peak

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Reselets Peak (Bulgarian: връх Реселец, ‘Vrah Reselets’ \'vr&h re-se-'lets\) is the rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1000 m on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land, and surmounting Brenitsa Glacier to the northwest. The feature is named after the settlement of Reselets in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Reselets Peak is located at 64°55′23″S 61°27′58″W / 64.92306°S 61.46611°W / -64.92306; -61.46611Coordinates: 64°55′23″S 61°27′58″W / 64.92306°S 61.46611°W / -64.92306; -61.46611, which is 4.3 km west-southwest of Kumanovo Peak in Ivanili Heights, 7.55 km north-northeast of Mural Nunatak, and 8.45 km southeast of Mount Quandary. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Reselets Peak. 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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