Moriseni Peak

Moriseni Peak ({{langx|bg|връх Морисени|vrah Moriseni}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈvrɤx moriˈsɛni|IPA}}) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1740 m[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 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 {{coord|69|36|33|S|71|28|15|W|display=inline,title}}, 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
[http://www.add.scar.org 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

[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=138277 Moriseni Peak.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-71.47083299999997,-69.609167,13&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Moriseni Peak.] Copernix satellite image

Category:Mountains of Alexander Island

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic