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Peristera Peak ( bg, връх Перистера, vrah Peristera, ) is the rocky peak rising to 2142 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in
Owen Ridge Owen Ridge () is a very high and rugged mountain ridge, 22 nautical miles (41 km) long, which forms the southwesternmost element of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It extends south-southeast from Karnare Col and includes Mount Stry ...
, the southernmost portion of the main ridge of
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 ...
in
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 ...
,
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 ...
. It overlooks lower
Nimitz Glacier The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, long and wide, draining the area about west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains ...
to the southwest and upper Wessbecher Glacier to the northeast. The peak is named after the ancient and medieval fortress of Peristera in Southern Bulgaria.


Location

Peristera Peak is located at , which is 3.67 km south-southeast of
Mount Inderbitzen Mount Inderbitzen () is a mountain rising to over , located south-southeast of Mount Craddock and south of Mount Milton in Owen Ridge, the southernmost part of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Wessbe ...
, 3.9 km west by north of Marze Peak in Petvar Heights, 3.1 km north of
Lishness Peak Lishness Peak () is a peak, high, in Owen Ridge near the south end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, rising at the east side of Nimitz Glacier, southeast of Wilson Peak and northwest of Bowers Corner. It was firs ...
, and 21.1 km east-northeast of
Bergison Peak Bergison Peak ( bg, връх Бергисон, vrah Bergison, ) is the peak rising to 1985 mBastien Range. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.


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


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.


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References


Peristera 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 ...

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


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