Prosenik Peak
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Prosenik Peak is the peak rising to 2800 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 Thomas Glacier
Thomas Glacier
Thomas Glacier is a roughly Z-shaped glacier which drains the southeast slopes of Vinson Massif and flows for 17 nautical miles through the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, leaving the range south of Johnson Spur. Discovered by U.S...

 to the southeast and Hough Glacier
Hough Glacier
Hough Glacier is a glacier in the southeast portion of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, rising just south of Mount Tuck and flowing east-southeast for 10 nautical miles between the Guerrero and Remington Glaciers. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and...

 to the east-northeast.

The peak is named after the settlement of Prosenik
Prosenik, Burgas Province
Prosenik, Burgas Province is a village in the municipality of Ruen, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.-References:...

 in Eastern Bulgaria.

Location

Prosenik Peak is located at 78°32′11"S 84°57′38"W, which is 4.75 km north-northeast of Elfring Peak
Elfring Peak
Elfring Peak is a peak rising to between the lower part of Della Pia Glacier and Aster Glacier, where the two glaciers enter Thomas Glacier on the east side of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2006 after Christine A...

, 3.78 km northeast of Mount Mohl
Mount Mohl
Mount Mohl is a mountain at the east side of Vinson Massif, surmounting the ridge between the heads of Dater and Thomas Glaciers, 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...

, 4.12 km south-southwest of Mount Tuck
Mount Tuck
Mount Tuck is a pyramidal mountain at the head of Hansen Glacier, the summit of Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...

 and 4.45 km west-northwest of McPherson Peak
McPherson Peak
McPherson Peak is a peak located at the west side of the head of Remington Glacier, in Doyran Heights, the Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...

. 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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