Krusha Peak
| Krusha Peak | ||
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| height | 2800 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 42 '23 " S , 85 ° 8' 33" W | |
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The Krusha Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Круша wrach Kruscha ) is a 2800 m high mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the southern Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises 6.94 km east of Chaplin Peak , 3.87 km south of Mount Strybing , 2.88 km west-southwest of Mount Allen and 4.83 km northwest of Mount Liptak . The Bolgrad Glacier is southeast and the Brook Glacier is northwest of it.
American scientists mapped it in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the Bulgarian scholar Sacharij Kruscha (1808-1891).
Web links
- Krusha Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)