Branishte Peak

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

Branishte Peak (Bulgarian: връх Бранище, romanizedvrah Branishte, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈbraniʃtɛ]) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1888 m[1] in the southeastern portion of Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Yamen Glacier to the north, Rutford Ice Stream to the east and Vicha Glacier to the southwest.

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

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