Duridanov Peak
| Duridanov Peak | ||
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| height | 2500 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 56 '24 " S , 85 ° 46' 33" W | |
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The Duridanov Peak (English; Bulgarian Дуриданов връх Duridanow wrach ) is a 2500 m high and pointed mountain in the main ridge of the northern Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 5.67 km northeast of Mount Dalrymple , 2.48 km east-northeast of Nikola Peak , 6.65 km southwest of Mount Malone and 9.23 km northwest of Mount Schmid from a 9.15 km long ridge that extends from the Mount Dalrymple extends in an east-northeast direction to Robinson Pass . The Sabazios Glacier is north of it.
American scientists mapped it in 1961. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the Bulgarian linguist Ivan Duridanow (1920–2005).
Web links
- Duridanov Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)