Branishte Peak (, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1888 m in the southeastern portion of Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Yamen Glacier to the north, Rutford Ice Stream to the east and Vicha Glacier to the southwest.

The peak is named after the settlement of Branishte in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Branishte Peak

Location

Branishte Peak is located at , which is 11.45 km northeast of Mount Warren, 11.75 km east-southeast of Mount Washburn and 10.9 km south-southeast of Mount Mogensen. US mapping in 1961.

Branishte Peak

See also

Mountains in Antarctica

Maps

Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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Notes

References

Branishte Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

Branishte Peak. Copernix satellite image

Ellsworth Mountains

Bulgaria and the Antarctic

Mountains of Ellsworth Land