Oreshak Peak

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

Oreshak Peak (Bulgarian: връх Орешак, ‘Vrah Oreshak’ \'vr&h o-re-'shak\) is the peak rising to 2800 m in the Bangey Heights of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting Patleyna Glacier to the south-southwest and Embree Glacier to the west and north.

The peak is named after the settlements of Oreshak in Northern and Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Oreshak Peak is located at 78°02′24″S 85°44′06″W / 78.04°S 85.735°W / -78.04; -85.735, which is 1.75 km north-northwest of Golemani Peak, 6.86 km north-northeast of Mount Todd, 6.36 km east-southeast of Mount Goldthwait, 4.43 km southwest of Mount Schmid and 2.66 km west of Fucha Peak. 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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