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Mount Balkanska

Coordinates: 69°37′47″S 71°29′55″W / 69.62972°S 71.49861°W / -69.62972; -71.49861
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Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Satellite image of Alexander Island

Mount Balkanska (Bulgarian: връх Балканска, romanizedvrah Balkanska, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ bɐɫˈkanskɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered mountain rising to 1344 m[1] in Lassus Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the east and Narechen Glacier to the northwest.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian operetta singer Mimi Balkanska.

Location

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Mount Balkanska is located at 69°37′47″S 71°29′55″W / 69.62972°S 71.49861°W / -69.62972; -71.49861, which is 2.53 km south-southwest of Moriseni Peak, 16.2 km west of Nebush Nunatak in Elgar Uplands, 4.26 km north of Mount Morley and 4.57 km east-southeast of Beagle Peak. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

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  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

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  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.