Bangey Heights
| Bangey Heights | ||
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| Highest peak | Bezden Peak ( 2900 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 3 ′ S , 85 ° 34 ′ W | |
The Bangey Heights (English; Bulgarian Бангейски възвишения Bangejski waswischenija ) are a southwest-northeastern extension 12 km long, 10 km wide and in Bezden Peak up to 2400 m high mountains in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the north-central part of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains , it is bounded to the west by the Patlejna Glacier , to the northwest and northeast by the Embree Glacier and to the southeast by the Kopsis Glacier . The Chepino Saddle connects it to the southwest with the Probuda Ridge , the Panicheri Gap to the south with the Maglenik Heights .
American scientists mapped the mountain range in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the town of Bangejzi in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Bangey Heights in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)