Marash Peak

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Marash Peak ([връх Мараш] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), ‘Vrah Marash’ \'vr&h ma-'rash\) is the peak rising to 800 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated in the east part of Grivitsa Ridge, surmounting Darvari Glacier to the north and east, Mundraga Bay to the east, and Zaychar Glacier to the southwest and south.

The peak is named after the settlement of Marash in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Marash Peak is located at 64°30′33″S 60°18′20″W, which is 2.6 km east-southeast of Batkun Peak, 9.16 km south-southwest of Gusla Peak, 7.69 km north-northwest of Fothergill Point and 4.71 km northeast of Kableshkov Ridge. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Marash Peak. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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