Mount Sarnegor

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Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Mount Sarnegor (Bulgarian: връх Сърнегор, romanizedvrah Sarnegor, IPA: [ˈvrɤx sɐrnɛˈɡɔr]) is the mostly ice-covered mountain of elevation 1189 m[1] in Solvay Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free southwest and northwest slopes, and surmounts Zlatiya Glacier to the north, Rush Glacier to the south and Aluzore Gap to the east-northeast. A westerly offshoot of the feature forms , extending to the seashore.

The mountain is named after the settlement of Sarnegor in Southern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Mount Sarnegor is located at 64°21′34″S 62°31′27″W / 64.35944°S 62.52417°W / -64.35944; -62.52417Coordinates: 64°21′34″S 62°31′27″W / 64.35944°S 62.52417°W / -64.35944; -62.52417, which is 4.4 km southeast of Fleming Point, 2.77 km south of Veles Bastion, 6.32 km west of Mount Imhotep, 4.7 km north by east of Mount Aciar and 5.26 km east-northeast of Devene Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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

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Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Solvay Mountains are on the left, far side of the island.

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


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