Toros Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in Antarctica}}

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Toros Peak ({{langx|bg|връх Торос|vrah Toros}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈvrɤx toˈrɔs|IPA}}) is the rocky twin summit peak rising to 2961 m[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 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.

The peak is named after the settlement of Toros in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Toros Peak is located at {{coord|78|28|03|S|85|14|55|W|display=inline,title}}, which is 1.66 km northeast of Vanand Peak, 5.16 km south-southeast of Mount Segers and 7.38 km west of Mount Waldron. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

  • [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vinson-Map.jpg 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.
  • [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 updated.

Notes

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References

  • [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137242 Toros Peak.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
  • [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)