Mount Balkanska

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 / 69.62972°S 71.49861°W / -69.62972; -71.49861Coordinates: 69°37′47″S 71°29′55″W / 69.62972°S 71.49861°W / -69.62972; -71.49861, 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[]

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.