Mount Balkanska

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Satellite image of Alexander Island

Mount Balkanska (Bulgarian: връх Балканска, romanizedvrah Balkanska, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ bɐɫˈkanskɐ]) is the mostly ice-covered mountain rising to 1344 m[1] in Lassus Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts Nichols Snowfield to the east and Narechen Glacier to the northwest.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian operetta singer Mimi Balkanska.

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