Veles Bastion ( bg, рид Велес, rid Veles, ) is the ice-covered buttress of elevation 1223 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 forming the southwest extremity of Stribog Mountains on

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in the

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. It has steep and partly ice-free north, west and southwest slopes, and surmounts Zlatiya Glacier to the east and south. The peak is named after the Slavic god of wisdom and knowledge Veles.

Location

Veles Bastion is located at , which is 3.13 km east of

Fleming Point Fleming Point is a rocky promontory in the U.S. state of California. It is situated in Albany, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. Albany Bulb is an extension of the point, having been formed in the 1960s from construction debris. History F ...

, 10.15 km southwest of Mount Parry, 7 km west-northwest of Mount Imhotep and 2.77 km north of Mount Sarnegor. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.
Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

Notes

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Veles Bastion
on

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website
Veles Bastion
on AADC website

External links

Veles Bastion.
Adjusted Copernix satellite image Brabant-Island

Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{PalmerArchipelago-geo-stub