Monyak Hill
| Monyak Hill | ||
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| height | 700 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 18 ′ 28 ″ S , 84 ° 30 ′ 29 ″ W | |
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The Monyak Hill (English; Bulgarian хълм Моняк wrach Monjak ) is a 700 m high and rocky hill in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . At the northern end of the Flowers Hills in the east of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises 4.6 km north of Dickey Peak , 12.75 km east-northeast of Mount Levack and 11.2 km south-southeast of Mount Besch . The Dater Glacier lies to the west, the Ellen Glacier to the north and the Lardeja-Piedmont Glacier to the east of it.
American scientists mapped it in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2012 after the medieval fortress Monjak in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Monyak Hill in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)