Mount Balkanska

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Satellite image of Alexander Island

Mount Balkanska (Bulgarian: връх Балканска, romanized: vrah Balkanska, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ bɐɫˈkanskɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered mountain rising to 1344 m[1] in Lassus Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the east and Narechen Glacier to the northwest.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian operetta singer Mimi Balkanska.

Location

Mount Balkanska is located at 69°37′47″S 71°29′55″W, which is 2.53 km south-southwest of Moriseni Peak, 16.2 km west of Nebush Nunatak in Elgar Uplands, 4.26 km north of Mount Morley and 4.57 km east-southeast of Beagle Peak. British mapping in 1971.

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)
• Mount Balkanska. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

• Mount Balkanska. Copernix satellite image

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