Ichera Peak
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Ichera Peak is the peak rising to 2600 m in Maglenik Heights
Maglenik Heights
Maglenik Heights are the heights rising to 2980 m in north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, extending 26 km in north-south direction and 20 km in east-west direction They are bounded by Ellen Glacier to the south and west, Embree Glacier and Kopsis Glacier to the north,...

, north-central 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 is overlooking Ellen Glacier
Ellen Glacier
The Ellen Glacier is an Antarctic glacier in central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Anderson and Long Gables and flowing generally SE for 35 km to Barnes Ridge, where it leaves the range and enters the south flowing Rutford Ice Stream.First mapped by...

 to the southwest and Young Glacier
Young Glacier
Young Glacier is a glacier which flows east for 8 miles and terminates at the north end of Barnes Ridge on the east side of 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...

 to the northeast.

The peak is named after the settlement of Ichera in Eastern Bulgaria.

Location

Ichera Peak is located at 78°10′35"S 85°20′13"W, which is 18.88 km east of Mount Anderson
Mount Anderson (Antarctica)
Mount Anderson is a high mountain in the northern part of the Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Probuda Ridge is trending northeast of the peak, and Ellen Glacier and Embree Glacier drain its eastern and northeastern slopes respectively...

, 4.21 km south-southeast of Mount Gozur
Mount Gozur
Mount Gozur is a mountain in Maglenik Heights, central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated just northwest of the head of Young Glacier and 9 nautical miles east of Mount Bentley. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59...

, 9.78 km south-southwest of Zimornitsa Peak
Zimornitsa Peak
Zimornitsa Peak is the peak rising to 1700 m in Maglenik Heights, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is overlooking Kopsis Glacier to the northwest and Young Glacier to the southeast....

, 15.18 km west-northwest of Mount Besch
Mount Besch
Mount Besch is a mountain forming the south end of Barnes Ridge and overlooking the terminus of Ellen Glacier, on the east side of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. It was named by the...

 and 5.93 km north-northwest of Chapman Peak
Chapman Peak (Antarctica)
Chapman Peak is a peak, high, in the Maglenik Heights, on the east side of Ellen Glacier and west of Arapya Glacier, northeast of Mount Jumper in the central Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S...

. 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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