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Brocks Peak ( bg, връх Брокс, vrah Broks, ) is the sharp rocky peak in Ellsworth Mountains,
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
rising to 2445 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 near the end of the side ridge that trends 6.5 km westwards from
Ahrida Peak Ahrida Peak ( bg, връх Ахрида, vrah Ahrida, ) is the sharp rocky peak rising to 3100 m on the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Embree Glacier to the southeast. Ahrida is th ...
on the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range. It is named after the
Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...
mountaineer Helmut Brocks (1895–1969), a pioneer of the organized tourist movement in Bulgaria.


Location

Brocks Peak is located at , which is 4.58 km west of
Ahrida Peak Ahrida Peak ( bg, връх Ахрида, vrah Ahrida, ) is the sharp rocky peak rising to 3100 m on the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Embree Glacier to the southeast. Ahrida is th ...
, 7.7 km north of
Strahil Peak Strahil Peak ( bg, връх Страхил, vrah Strahil, ) is the sharp rocky peak rising to 2700 m just west of the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Str ...
, 5.55 km east of
Silyanov Peak Silyanov Peak ( bg, Силянов връх, Silyanov vrah, ) is the sharp peak in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica rising to 2235 mMursalitsa Peak Mursalitsa Peak ( bg, връх Мурсалица, vrah Mursalitsa, ) is the mostly ice-covered peak on the west side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica rising to 2334 mMount Dalrymple. US mapping in 1961.


See also

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Mountains in Antarctica This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list. Antarctica South Atl ...


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.


Notes


References


Brocks Peak.
SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ...
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
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Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)


External links


Brocks Peak.
Copernix satellite image Ellsworth Mountains Bulgaria and the Antarctic Mountains of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub