Mount Moriya ( bg, връх Мория, vrah Moriya, ) is the rounded, ice-covered peak rising to 1634 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in

Lovech Heights Lovech Heights ( bg, Ловешки възвишения, ‘Loveshki Vazvisheniya’ \'lo-vesh-ki v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1634 m ( Mount Moriya) on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are extending 15.5 ...

Nordenskjöld Coast The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast ...

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...

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. It is surmounting

Rogosh Glacier Rogosh Glacier ( bg, ледник Рогош, lednik Rogosh, ) is the 29 km long and 5 km wide glacier on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica situated east of Brenitsa Glacier, south of Drygalski Glacier, and southwest of Zlokuch ...

to the south and northwest,

Zlokuchene Glacier Zlokuchene Glacier ( bg, ледник Злокучене, lednik Zlokuchene, ) is the 13 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated north of Risimina Glacier, east of Rogosh Glacier and sou ...

to the east-northeast, and

Risimina Glacier Risimina Glacier ( bg, ледник Рисимина, lednik Risimina, ) is the 10 km long and 4.5 km wide glacier in Lovech Heights on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated south of Zlokuchene Glacier and north of the ...

to the southeast. The feature is named after the medieval fortress of Moriya in western

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Location

Mount Moriya is located at , which is 1.9 km south of

Mrahori Saddle Mrahori Saddle ( bg, седловина Мрахори, ‘Sedlovina Mrahori’ \se-dlo-vi-'na mra-'ho-ri\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 1102 m Tillberg Peak Tillberg Peak () is a largely ice-free peak, 610 m, at the northeast extremity of Kyustendil Ridge on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Situated on the south side of lower Drygalski Glacier, north of Tashukov Nunatak. The name Tillber ...

, 15.1 km north-northwest of the ridge forming

Cape Fairweather Cape Fairweather is a cape in Antarctica that is high and is ice-covered except for rocky exposures along its southeast and east sides. It lies midway between Drygalski Glacier and Evans Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land and divides Norden ...

, and 3.17 km east-northeast of

Mount Persenk Mount Persenk ( bg, връх Персенк, vrah Persenk, ) is the rounded, ice-covered peak rising to 1603 m British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

mapping in 1978.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

Mount Moriya.

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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer 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 t ...

.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Mount Moriya.
Copernix satellite image Moriya Nordenskjöld Coast Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{NordenskjöldCoast-geo-stub