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Fucha Peak ( bg, връх Фуча, vrah Fucha, ) is the peak rising to 2604 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
in the central part of
Bangey Heights The Bangey Heights ( bg, Бангейски възвишения, ‘Bangeyski Vazvisheniya’ \ban-'gey-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are in Antarctica. They are the heights rising to 2997 mSentinel Range The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. M ...
in
Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
,
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...
. It surmounts
Marsa Glacier Marsa Glacier ( bg, ледник Марса, lednik Marsa, ) is the 5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier in Bangey Heights on the east side of the main ridge of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is sit ...
to the west and
Padala Glacier Padala Glacier ( bg, ледник Падала, lednik Padala, ) is the long and wide glacier in Bangey Heights on the east side of the main ridge of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated northwest ...
to the southeast. The peak is named after the settlements of Mala (Little) Fucha and Golema (Great) Fucha in Western
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Location

Fucha Peak is located at , which is 2.45 km northeast of
Golemani Peak Golemani Peak ( bg, връх Големани, vrah Golemani, ) is the peak rising to 2976 mOreshak Peak Oreshak Peak ( bg, връх Орешак, vrah Oreshak, ) is the peak rising to 2829 mMount Schmid Mount Schmid () is a mountain on the south side of Embree Glacier, rising 8 km east of Mount Goldthwait in Bangey Heights in the northern portion of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Mapped by USGS from surveys and US Navy air photos, 1957� ...
, and 11.43 km northwest of
Zimornitsa Peak Zimornitsa Peak ( bg, връх Зиморница, vrah Zimornitsa, ) is the peak rising to 1600 mMountains in Antarctica This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list. Antarctica South Atl ...


Maps


Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.


Notes


External links


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


External links


Fucha Peak.
Copernix satellite image Bulgaria and the Antarctic Ellsworth Mountains Mountains of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub