Petvar Heights
| Petvar Heights | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Mullen ( 2400 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 47 ′ S , 84 ° 20 ′ W | |
The Petvar Heights ( Bulgarian Петварски възвишения Petwarski waswischenija ) are in Mount Mullen up to 2400 m high, oval in plan view and 21km long Mountains in West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . In the southeastern part of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains , it lies northeast of the Wessbecher Glacier , east of the Kassilag Pass and southeast and south of the Kornicker Glacier .
American scientists mapped the mountain range in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the town of Petwar in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Petvar Heights in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)