Hariton Peak
| Hariton Peak | ||
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| height | 1880 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 26 ′ 37 ″ S , 86 ° 18 ′ 27 ″ W | |
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The Hariton peak (English; Bulgarian връх Харитон wrach Chariton ) is a 1880 m high and rocky mountain in West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . At the northern end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises 1.68 km northeast of Mount Lymburner , 6.6 km south of Mount Liavaag and 8.25 km west-northwest of Mount Weems .
American scientists mapped it in 1961. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the Bulgarian priest and freedom fighter Khariton Chalachev (1835–1876), one of the protagonists of the April uprising of 1876.
Web links
- Hariton Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)