Strahil Peak
Strahil Peak | ||
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height | 2700 m | |
location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 5 ′ 40 ″ S , 86 ° 20 ′ 2 ″ W | |
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The Strahil Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Страхил wrach Strachil ) is a 2700 m high, rocky and pointed mountain peak in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the north-central Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises 2.8 km northwest of Mount Hale , 8.2 km east-northeast of Mount Hubley , 8.63 km southeast of Silyanov Peak and 7.7 km south of Brocks Peak .
American scientists mapped it in 1961 and 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after Strachil Wojwoda , a Bulgarian rebel leader of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Web links
- Strahil Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)