Maglenik Heights
| Maglenik Heights | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Gozur ( 2980 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 10 ′ S , 85 ° 14 ′ W | |
The Maglenik Heights (English; Bulgarian Мъгленишки възвишения Maglenischki waswischenija ) are a north-south extension 26 km long, 20 km wide and in Mount Gozur up to 2980 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 south and west by the Ellen Glacier , to the north by the Kopsis Glacier and to the east by the Rutford Ice Current and the Arapja Glacier . The Panicheri Gap connects it to the northwest with the Bangey Heights , the Dropla Gap to the east with the Barnes Ridge .
American scientists mapped the mountain range in 1988. In 2011, the Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it after a mountain ridge in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Maglenik Heights in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)