Kushla Peak is the peak rising to 2300 m in Veregava Ridge

Veregava Ridge

Veregava Ridge is the ridge rising to 3100 m in the northeast foothills of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, and extending 15.7 km in southwest-northeast direction and 6 km in southeast-northwest direction...

, 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 surmounts Berisad Glacier

Berisad Glacier

Berisad Glacier is the 4.5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier in Veregava Ridge, central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining north-northwestwards from Kushla Peak to join Dater Glacier northeast of Sipey Peak....

 to the north-northwest and Hansen Glacier

Hansen Glacier

Hansen Glacier is a tributary glacier 10 nautical miles long, flowing northeast from Mount Tuck to join Dater Glacier, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59...

 to the southeast.

The peak is named after the settlement of Kushla

Kushla

Kushla is a village in southern Bulgaria, Zlatograd municipality, Smolyan Province, located near the border with Greece. In the Ottoman times the town was called Ugurli in Turkish and Kotyli in Greek. In 1918 the village was part of the Satres community...

 in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Kushla Peak is located at 78°26′16"S 84°48′23"W, which is 3.53 km northeast of Mount Waldron

Mount Waldron

Mount Waldron is a mountain 3 nautical miles north of Mount Tuck, surmounting Veregava Ridge in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of December 14–15, 1959, and mapped from these photos by United States Geological Survey . Named...

, 4.15 km southeast of Sipey Peak

Sipey Peak

Sipey Peak is the peak rising to 2200 m in Veregava Ridge, central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Dater Glacier to the west and north, and Berisad Glacier to the east....

, 12.58 km southwest 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 4.95 km northwest 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...

. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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