Mount Moriya
| Mount Moriya | ||
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| height | 1700 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Lovech Heights | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 51 '46 " S , 61 ° 7' 47" W | |
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Mount Moriya (English, Bulgarian връх Мория wrach Moriah ) is an icy, rounded and 1,700 m high mountain at the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 1.9 km south of the Mrahori Saddle , 14.2 km southwest of Tillberg Peak , 15.1 km north-northwest of the ridge that ends in Cape Fairweather and 3.17 km east-northeast of Mount Persenk . The Rogosch Glacier is located to the south and northwest, the Slokutschene Glacier east-northeast and the Rissimina Glacier southeast of it.
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2012 after the medieval fortress of Morija in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Mount Moriya in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)