Prosenik Peak

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Prosenik Peak (Bulgarian: връх Просеник, ‘Vrah Prosenik’ \'vr&h pro-se-'nik\) is the peak rising to 2800 m in Doyran Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and surmounting Thomas Glacier to the southeast and Hough Glacier to the east-northeast.

The peak is named after the settlement of Prosenik in Eastern Bulgaria.

Location

Prosenik Peak is located at 78°32′11″S 84°57′38″W / 78.53639°S 84.96056°W / -78.53639; -84.96056Coordinates: 78°32′11″S 84°57′38″W / 78.53639°S 84.96056°W / -78.53639; -84.96056, which is 4.75 km north-northeast of Elfring Peak, 3.78 km northeast of Mount Mohl, 4.12 km south-southwest of Mount Tuck and 4.45 km west-northwest of McPherson Peak. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

• Prosenik Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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