Bagra Peak
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Bagra Peak is the peak rising to 2100 m in the north part of Petvar Heights
Petvar Heights
Petvar Heights are the heights rising to 2400 m in southeast Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The feature occupies an oval shaped area with a diameter of 21 km, separated from the rest of Sentinel Range by Wessbecher Glacier to the southwest, Kasilag Pass to the west, and...

, southeast Sentinel Range
Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km wide...

 in Ellsworth Mountains
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

, Antarctica, and overlooking Kornicker Glacier
Kornicker Glacier
Kornicker Glacier is a glacier flowing northeastwards from the cirque bounded by Mounts Liptak, Southwick, Milton and Mullen in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The glacier merges with the terminus of southeast-flowing Thomas Glacier as both glaciers emerge from the...

 to the northwest, Thomas Glacier
Thomas Glacier
Thomas Glacier is a roughly Z-shaped glacier which drains the southeast slopes of Vinson Massif and flows for 17 nautical miles through the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, leaving the range south of Johnson Spur. Discovered by U.S...

 to the north-northeast and Drama Glacier
Drama Glacier
Drama Glacier is the 10 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, which is situated north of Carey Glacier, east of the east-northeast ridge of Mount Landolt, and southeast of Kornicker Glacier...

 to the east.

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

Location

Bagra Peak is located at 78°43′49"S 84°27′08"W, which is 3.52 km northeast of Mount Landolt
Mount Landolt
Mount Landolt is a mountain standing at the head of Hudman Glacier in Petvar Heights at the southeast extremity of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on...

, 14.35 km south of Mount Benson
Mount Benson (Antarctica)
Mount Benson is a mountain standing at the northeast side of Thomas Glacier and west of Obelya Glacier, 4.6 mi east of Mount Osborne, in Doyran Heights, southeastern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. It was named...

, 8.41 km west of Long Peak
Long Peak
Long Peak is a bare rock peak on the extended ridge line, 7 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Landolt in Petvar Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting the lower course of Drama Glacier to the north. Mapped by United States Geological Survey ...

 and 7.12 km north of Miller Peak
Miller Peak (Sentinel Range)
Miller Peak is a peak with twin summits on the central part of the ridge between Hudman and Carey Glaciers, in Petvar Heights at the south end of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named...

. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
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