Ahrida Peak
| Ahrida Peak | ||
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| height | 3100 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 1 '48 " S , 86 ° 6' 47" W | |
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The Ahrida Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Ахрида wrach Achrida ) is a 3100 m high mountain peak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 9.8 km north-northeast of Mount Hale , 6.5 km east of Silyanov Peak , 3.57 km southwest of Mount Goldthwait and 9.13 km northwest of Mount Todd from the main ridge of the north-central part of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains . The Embree Glacier is southeast of it.
American scientists mapped it in 1961. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the medieval name for the eastern part of the Rhodope Mountains , a mountain range in Bulgaria .
Web links
- Ahrida Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)