Peristera Peak
| Peristera Peak | ||
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| height | 2250 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 49 ′ 40 " S , 84 ° 49 ′ 20" W | |
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The Peristera Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Перистера wrach Peristera ) is a 2250 m high and rocky mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In Owen Ridge , the southernmost part of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains , it juts 3.67 km south-southeast of Mount Inderbitzen , 3.9 km west to north of Marze Peak , 3.1 km north of Lishness Peak and 13.1 km east-northeast of Bergison Peak . The Nimitz Glacier is southwest, the upper section of the Wessbecher Glacier is northeast of it.
American scientists mapped it in 1961 and 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the medieval fortress Peristera in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Peristera Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)