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Petvar Heights ( bg, Петварски възвишения, Petvarski vazvisheniya, ) are the heights rising to 2492 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 at
Mount Mullen Mount Mullen is a double-peaked mountain east-southeast of Mount Milton in the south Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Located at the west extremity of Petvar Heights, the mountain rises to an elevation of and together ...
in southeast
Sentinel Range The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Man ...
,
Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
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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 ...
. The heights occupy an oval shaped area with a diameter of 21 km, separated from the rest of Sentinel Range by Wessbecher Glacier to the southwest,
Kasilag Pass Kasilag Pass ( bg, Касилашки проход, ‘Kasilashki Prohod’ \'ka-si-lash-ki 'pro-hod\) is an ice-covered saddle of elevation Kornicker Glacier to the northwest and north. Their interior is drained by Hudman,
Carey Carey may refer to: Names * Carey (given name), a given name * Carey (surname), a surname ** List of people with surname Carey Places Canada * Carey Group, British Columbia; in the Pacific * Carey Island (Nunavut) in James Bay United Kingdom * ...
, Razboyna, Gabare and Divdyadovo Glaciers. The heights are named after the settlement of Petvar in Southern Bulgaria.


Location

Petvar Heights are centred at . US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.


Maps


Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.


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 ...
Geographical features include:
* Bagra Peak *
Carey Glacier Carey Glacier () is a glacier on the east side of Miller and Fruzhin Peaks and west of Ruset and Malkoch Peaks in Petvar Heights at the southeast end of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, flowing southeast to Minnesota Glacier. It was ...
* Divdyadovo Glacier * Fruzhin Peak *
Gabare Glacier Gabare Glacier ( bg, ледник Габаре, lednik Gabare, ) is the long and wide glacier in Petvar Heights on the southeast side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica situated northwest of Divdyadovo Glacier, northeast ...
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Hudman Glacier Hudman Glacier () is a glacier draining south of Mount Landolt between Marze Peak and Miller Peak in Petvar Heights at the south end of the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica, flowing south-southeast to Minnesota Glaci ...
*
Kasilag Pass Kasilag Pass ( bg, Касилашки проход, ‘Kasilashki Prohod’ \'ka-si-lash-ki 'pro-hod\) is an ice-covered saddle of elevation Kornicker Glacier *
Long Peak Long Peak () is a bare rock peak, high, on the extended ridge line, east-northeast of Mount Landolt in the Petvar Heights of the southeast Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It overlooks the lower courses of Drama Glaci ...
* Malkoch Peak * Marze Peak * Miller Peak * Mount Landolt *
Mount Mullen Mount Mullen is a double-peaked mountain east-southeast of Mount Milton in the south Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Located at the west extremity of Petvar Heights, the mountain rises to an elevation of and together ...
*
Mountainview Ridge Mountainview Ridge () is a gentle ice-covered ridge which forms the southeast extremity of Petvar Heights and the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was so named by the University of Minnesota The University of Minneso ...
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Razboyna Glacier Razboyna Glacier ( bg, ледник Разбойна, lednik Razboyna, ) is the long and wide glacier in Petvar Heights on the southeast side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica situated north of Drama Glacier, east of Kor ...
* Ruset Peak *
Thomas Glacier Thomas Glacier () is a roughly Z-shaped glacier which drains the southeast slopes of Vinson Massif and flows for 17 nautical miles (31 km) through the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, leaving the range between Doyra ...
* Wessbecher Glacier


Notes


References


Petvar Heights.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
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 ...
(in Bulgarian)
Basic data
(in English)


External links


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