Malkoch Peak

Malkoch Peak
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

Malkoch Peak (Bulgarian: връх Малкоч, ‘Vrah Malkoch’ \'vr&h 'mal-koch\) is the peak rising to 1300 m in the southeast part of Petvar Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and overlooking Carey Glacier to the west and Rutford Ice Stream to the east.

The peak is named after the settlement of Malkoch in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Malkoch Peak is located at 78°49′17″S 84°01′39″W / 78.82139°S 84.0275°W / -78.82139; -84.0275, which is 5.83 km east-northeast of Fruzhin Peak, 8.94 km southeast of Miller Peak, 2.52 km south of Ruset Peak and 8.57 km north of Mountainview Ridge. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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

References

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

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