Vanand Peak

Vanand Peak (Bulgarian: връх Вананд, romanized: vrah Vanand, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ vɐˈnant]) is the sharp peak rising to 3045 m[1] in Zinsmeister Ridge on the northeast side of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, and surmounting Dater Glacier to the east and its tributary Hinkley Glacier to the northwest.

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

The peak is named after the Bulgar principality of Vanand in Old Armenia.[2]

Location

Vanand Peak is located at 78°28′42″S 85°18′00″W, which is 8.8 km northeast of Mount Vinson, 9.61 km east by south of Mount Shinn, 5.89 km south by east of Mount Segers, 1.66 km southwest of Toros Peak and 8.73 km west-southwest of Mount Waldron. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps
  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes
  1. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
  2. Vanand Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

References

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


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