Versinikia Peak
| Versinikia Peak | ||
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| height | 2900 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 17 ′ 38 ″ S , 85 ° 48 ′ 11 ″ W | |
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The Versinikia Peak (English; Bulgarian връх Версиникия wrach Wersinikija ) is a 2900 m high and pointed mountain in the north-central Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 3.1 km northeast of Evans Peak , 6.5 km east of Mount Giovinetto , 6.6 km southwest of Mount Jumper and 8.53 km northwest of Mount Bearskinfrom a mountain ridge that extends from Mount Giovinetto over a length of 8.8 km in a southerly direction. Its west and south-east slopes are partly ice-free. The Patton Glacier is southeast and the head end of the Rumjana Glacier is northwest 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 Versinikija in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Versinikia Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)