Stikal Peak

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

Stikal Peak (Bulgarian: връх Стикъл, ‘Vrah Stikal’ \'vr&h 'sti-kal\) is the rocky peak rising to 1940 m in Owen Ridge, the southernmost portion of the main ridge of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts lower Nimitz Glacier to the southwest and Wessbecher Glacier to the northeast.

The peak is named after the settlement of Stikal in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Stikal Peak is located at 78°52′23.1″S 84°46′57″W / 78.873083°S 84.78250°WCoordinates: 78°52′23.1″S 84°46′57″W / 78.873083°S 84.78250°W, which is 2.3 km southeast of Lishness Peak, 5.4 km southwest of Marze Peak in Petvar Heights, 8.7 km northwest of Arsela Peak, and 21.83 km east by south of Bergison Peak in Bastien Range. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.

Maps

References

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