
Strahil Peak ( bg, връх Страхил, vrah Strahil, ) is the sharp rocky peak rising to 2700 m just west of the main crest of north-central
Sentinel 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 is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Strahil Voyvoda (mid-17th century – c. 1711).
Location
Strahil Peak is located at , which is 2.8 km northwest of
Mount Hale, 8.2 km east-northeast of
Mount Hubley, 8.63 km southeast of
Silyanov Peak and 7.7 km south of
Brocks Peak
Brocks Peak ( bg, връх Брокс, vrah Broks, ) is the sharp rocky peak in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica rising to 2445 m . US mapping in 1961 and 1988.
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.
References
Strahil Peak.SCAR
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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about ...
.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Strahil Peak.Copernix satellite image
Ellsworth Mountains
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Mountains of Ellsworth Land
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