Toros Peak

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Toros Peak (Bulgarian: връх Торос, ‘Vrah Toros’ \'vr&h to-'ros\) is the rocky twin summit peak rising to 3000 m in Zinsmeister Ridge on the northeast side of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, and surmounting Dater Glacier to the east and its tributary Hinkley Glacier to the northwest.

The peak is named after the settlement of Toros in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Toros Peak is located at 78°28′03″S 85°14′55″W / 78.46750°S 85.24861°W / -78.46750; -85.24861Coordinates: 78°28′03″S 85°14′55″W / 78.46750°S 85.24861°W / -78.46750; -85.24861, which is 1.66 km northeast of Vanand Peak, 5.16 km south-southeast of Mount Segers and 7.38 km west of Mount Waldron. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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

References

Toros 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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