Moriseni Peak

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Satellite image of Alexander Island

Moriseni Peak (Bulgarian: връх Морисени, romanized: vrah Moriseni, IPA: [ˈvrɤx moriˈsɛni]) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1740 m[1] in Lassus Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free south slopes, and surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the east and Narechen Glacier to the northwest. British mapping in 1971. The feature is named after the ancient Thracian tribe of Moriseni inhabiting the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Location

The peak is located at 69°36′33″S 71°28′15″W, which is 2.7 km south by east of Mount Devol, 8.38 km west-southwest of Rachenitsa Nunatak, 2.53 km north-northeast of Mount Balkanska and 5.55 km east by north of Beagle Peak.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

1. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Moriseni Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

• Moriseni Peak. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.