Goreme Col
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Doyran Heights
Doyran Heights are the heights rising to 3560 m in the east foothills of Vinson Massif and Craddock Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, extending 30.8 km in north-south direction and 16.5 km in east-west direction...
to the east to Mount Mohl
Mount Mohl
Mount Mohl is a mountain at the east side of Vinson Massif, surmounting the ridge between the heads of Dater and Thomas Glaciers, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory...
on the northeast side of Craddock Massif
Craddock Massif
Craddock Massif is a mountain massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, in the Chilean claim of West Antarctica.-Location and highest point:...
in 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...
, 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...
in Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Dater Glacier
Dater Glacier
The Dater Glacier is a steep valley glacier in Antarctica, long and from 1.6 km to 4.8 km wide, flowing NE in a sinuous course from the eastern slopes of Vinson Massif to Rutford Ice Stream which borders the eastern flank of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains...
to the north and 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 south.
The feature is named after the settlement of Goreme
Goreme, Bulgaria
Goreme, Bulgaria is a village in the municipality of Strumyani, in Blagoevgrad Province, in southwestern Bulgaria.-References:...
in Southwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Goreme Col is centred at 78°32′00"S 85°01′30"W, which is 2.94 km northeast of Mount MohlMount Mohl
Mount Mohl is a mountain at the east side of Vinson Massif, surmounting the ridge between the heads of Dater and Thomas Glaciers, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory...
, 8.15 km east of Marts Peak, 8.66 km southeast of Vanand Peak
Vanand Peak
Vanand Peak is the sharp peak rising to 3100 m in Zinsmeister Ridge on the northeast side of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, and surmounting Dater Glacier to the east and its tributary Hinkley Glacier to the northwest....
, 4.65 km southwest of Mount Tuck
Mount Tuck
Mount Tuck is a pyramidal mountain at the head of Hansen Glacier, the summit of Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of 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 Antarctic Names ...
and 1.47 km west by north of Prosenik Peak
Prosenik Peak
Prosenik Peak is the peak rising to 2800 m in Doyran Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and surmounting Thomas Glacier to the southeast and Hough Glacier to the east-northeast....
. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.
Maps
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.