Mamarchev Peak
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Mamarchev Peak is the peak rising to 2500 m in the north part of Sullivan Heights
Sullivan Heights
Sullivan Heights is a compact group of mountains rising to 2,760 m in Mount Levack and including Mount Farrell, Mount Segers and Mamarchev Peak, centered 11.5 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Tyree in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains...

 in 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, and surmounting Pulpudeva Glacier
Pulpudeva Glacier
Pulpudeva Glacier is the 8.5 km long and 6 km wide glacier in Sullivan Heights, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the area north of Johnson Col and northwest of Mount Farrell, flowing northwards west of Mount Levack, and joining Ellen Glacier northwest of...

 to the west and 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 north.

The peak is named after Georgi Mamarchev (1786-1846), leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement, in connection with the settlement of Mamarchevo in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Mamarchev Peak is located at 78°18′49"S 85°08′54"W, which is 2.37 km northwest of Mount Levack, 11.33 km east-northeast of Mount Bearskin
Mount Bearskin
Mount Bearskin is a mountain located 5 nautical miles northeast of Mount Tyree, between Patton and Cornwell Glaciers, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. It was named by the Advisory...

, 11.08 km southeast of Mount Jumper
Mount Jumper
Mount Jumper is a mountain located 7 nautical miles east of Mount Viets in the central part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It overlooks Ellen Glacier to the north and east, and its tributaries Patton Glacier to the south and Rumyana Glacier to the northwest.First...

 and 5.28 km south of Roberts Peak
Roberts Peak
Roberts Peak is a peak in the south extremity of Maglenik Heights, standing on the north side of Ellen Glacier and 10 km east of Mount Jumper in central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1996 after Carol A...

. 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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