Arsela Peak (Bulgarian: връх Арсела, romanized: vrah Arsela, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ɐrˈsɛɫɐ]) is the peak rising to 1517 m[1] near the south end of Owen Ridge, the southernmost portion of the main ridge of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It has precipitous and partly ice-free north and southwest slopes, and surmounts lower Nimitz Glacier to the southwest and the end of Wessbecher Glacier to the northeast.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sentinel-Range-location-map.png/220px-Sentinel-Range-location-map.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Vinson-Map.jpg/220px-Vinson-Map.jpg)
The peak is named after the Thracian settlement of Arsela in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
editArsela Peak is located at 78°56′29.6″S 84°35′19″W / 78.941556°S 84.58861°W, which is 11 km southeast of Lishness Peak, 14.9 km west-southwest of Mountainview Ridge in Petvar Heights, 4 km north-northwest of Bowers Corner, and 12.1 km northeast of O'Neal Nunataks in Bastien Range. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.
See also
editMaps
edit- 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.
Notes
edit- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
edit- Arsela Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Arsela Peak. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.