Gubesh Peak
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Gubesh Peak is the peak rising to 1240 m in Flowers Hills
Flowers Hills
Flowers Hills is a group of hills, 20 nautical miles long and with peaks of 1,240 and 1,390 m, lying south of the terminus of Dater Glacier and extending along the east edge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air...

, 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. It surmounts Rutford Ice Stream
Rutford Ice Stream
Rutford Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream, about 180 miles long and over 15 miles wide, which drains southeastward between the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains and Fletcher Ice Rise into the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf...

 to the east and a wide ice-filled valley to the west.

The peak is named after the settlement of Gubesh in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Gubesh Peak is located at 78°27′24"S 84°09′58"W, which is 11.29 km east by north of Mount Havener
Mount Havener
Mount Havener is a mountain rising to 2,800 m directly at the head of Guerrero Glacier, in Doyran Heights, the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on...

, 13.95 km south-southeast of Dickey Peak
Dickey Peak
Dickey Peak is a peak in the northwest part of Flowers Hills 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 Committee on Antarctic Names for Clifford R. Dickey, Jr., electronics...

 and 8.31 km northeast of Taylor Spur
Taylor Spur
Taylor Spur is a wedge-shaped spur marking the north side of the terminus of Guerrero Glacier, on the east side of 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 Committee on Antarctic...

. 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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