Príncipe de Asturias Peak (, ; , ) is the peak rising to 4498 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in

Vinson Massif Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located ab ...

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 wide. Many peaks rise over and Vinson Mass ...

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 Minneso ...

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, and surmounting

Branscomb Glacier The Branscomb Glacier () is an Antarctic glacier, long, flowing west from the north-west side of Vinson Massif (the highest point in Antarctica) into Nimitz Glacier, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. Its upper course receives i ...

to the west-northwest, Roché Glacier to the north and Tulaczyk Glacier to the southwest. The peak is named for the

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in connection with the peak's first ascent made by the

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Manuel Álvarez and on 23 January 1995.

Location

Príncipe de Asturias Peak is located at , which is 3.32 km southwest of the summit

Mount Vinson Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located a ...

(4892 m), 1.32 km west of Silverstein Peak (4790 m), 5.1 km northeast of Brichebor Peak (2900 m), 7.68 km southeast of Knutzen Peak (3373 m) and 3.64 km south of Branscomb Peak (4520 m). US mapping in 1961, 1988 and 2007.

Maps

Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988. * D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated

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References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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(in Bulgarian)
Basic data
(in English)
Príncipe de Asturias Peak.
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

Príncipe de Asturias Peak.
Copernix satellite image Ellsworth Mountains Mountains of Ellsworth Land Four-thousanders of Antarctica {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub

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