Krusha Peak is the peak rising to 2800 m in southern 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, surmounting Bolgrad Glacier

Bolgrad Glacier

Bolgrad Glacier is the 7.4 km long and 5.7 km wide glacier on the west side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Brook Glacier and north of Sirma Glacier...

 to the southeast and Brook Glacier

Brook Glacier

Brook Glacier is a glacier flowing westward between Mount Strybing, Mount Allen and Krusha Peak into Bender Glacier in the southern Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Edward J. Brook, Professor of Geosciences,...

 to the northwest.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian educator Zahariy Krusha (1808-1881).

Location

Krusha Peak is located at 78°42′23"S 85°08′33"W, which is 6.94 km east of Chaplin Peak (1978 m), 3.87 km south of Mount Strybing

Mount Strybing

Mount Strybing is a mountain standing 3 nautical miles southeast of Mount Craddock in the south part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It is linked to Mount Craddock by Karnare Col. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by...

 (3200 m), 2.88 km west-southwest of Mount Allen

Mount Allen (Antarctica)

Mount Allen is a mountain located 5.2 mi southeast of Mount Craddock in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The peak surmounts Saltzman Glacier to the north, Kornicker Glacier to the southeast, Bolgrad Glacier to the southwest and Brook Glacier to the west. It was...

 (3430 m) and 4.83 km northwest of Mount Liptak

Mount Liptak

Mount Liptak is a mountain over 3,000 m with twin summits, located 7 nautical miles southeast of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Bolgrad Glacier to the west and Kornicker Glacier to the east....

 (3100 m). US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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