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Mount Klayn

Coordinates: 78°39′39″S 86°16′54.3″W / 78.66083°S 86.281750°W / -78.66083; -86.281750
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Location of Bastien Range in Western Antarctica.
Map of Sentinel Range and Bastien Range.

Mount Klayn (Template:Lang-bg, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈkɫajn]) is the peak rising to 2086 m[1] in the northern portion of Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The feature extends 2.8 km, trending north-northeast, and is 900 m wide. It has steep and partly ice-free southeast slopes, and surmounts upper Nimitz Glacier to the northeast.

The peak is named after Laslo Klayn, geologist at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 1999/2000 and subsequent seasons.

Location

Mount Klayn is located at 78°39′39″S 86°16′54.3″W / 78.66083°S 86.281750°W / -78.66083; -86.281750, which is 10.84 km northwest of Mount Fisek, 12.76 km northeast of Wild Knoll, 17.43 km southeast of Ereta Peak, 4.83 km south of Ichev Nunatak, and 17.6 km west of Mount Atkinson in Sentinel Range. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

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

References

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


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