Midzhur Peak (Antarctica)
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Midzhur Peak is the peak rising to 1500 m in Doyran Heights
Doyran Heights
Doyran Heights are the heights rising to 3560 m in the east foothills of Vinson Massif and Craddock Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, extending 30.8 km in north-south direction and 16.5 km in east-west direction...

, southeast 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 Remington Glacier
Remington Glacier
Remington Glacier is a steep glacier about 7 nautical miles long in the southeast part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It rises just north of McPherson Peak and flows east-southeast to debouch between the terminus of Hough Glacier and Johnson Spur.Discovered by U.S...

 to the north and Obelya Glacier
Obelya Glacier
Obelya Glacier is the 7.5 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Remington Glacier, and flowing southeastwards along the southwest side of Johnson Spur and east of Mount Benson to join Thomas Glacier.The...

 to the south.

The peak is named after Midzhur Peak in western Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan range runs 560 km from the Vrashka Chuka Peak on the border between Bulgaria and eastern Serbia eastward through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea...

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Location

Midzhur Peak is located at 78°35′34"S 84°24′26"W, which is 3.15 km wast-northeast of Mount Benson
Mount Benson (Antarctica)
Mount Benson is a mountain standing at the northeast side of Thomas Glacier and west of Obelya Glacier, 4.6 mi east of Mount Osborne, in Doyran Heights, southeastern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. It was named...

, 7.91 km south-southwest 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...

 and 3.6 km northwest of Johnson Spur
Johnson Spur
Johnson Spur is a rocky spur located 5.67 miles south-southeast of Taylor Spur and 8.65 miles north-northwest of Long Peak, forming the southeast extremity of Doyran Heights, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Overlooking Rutford Ice Stream to the east and Obelya Glacier to the...

. 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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