Ruset Peak is the peak rising to 1600 m in the southeast part of Petvar Heights

Petvar Heights

Petvar Heights are the heights rising to 2400 m in southeast Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The feature occupies an oval shaped area with a diameter of 21 km, separated from the rest of Sentinel Range by Wessbecher Glacier to the southwest, Kasilag Pass to the west, and...

, 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 overlooking Carey Glacier

Carey Glacier

Carey Glacier is a glacier on the east side of Miller Peak in the south end of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, flowing southeast to Minnesota Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and named by the Advisory...

 to the west and Rutford Ice Stream

Rutford Ice Stream

Rutford Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream, about 180 miles long and over 15 miles wide, which drains southeastward between the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains and Fletcher Ice Rise into the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf...

 to the east.

The peak is named after the Bulgarian cartographer Aleksandar Ruset (1810–1861).

Location

Ruset Peak is located at 78°47′56"S 84°01′10"W, which is 8.6 km east of Miller Peak

Miller Peak (Sentinel Range)

Miller Peak is a peak with twin summits on the central part of the ridge between Hudman and Carey Glaciers, in Petvar Heights at the south end of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named...

, 8.1 km south of Long Peak

Long Peak

Long Peak is a bare rock peak on the extended ridge line, 7 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Landolt in Petvar Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting the lower course of Drama Glacier to the north. Mapped by United States Geological Survey ...

 and 2.52 km north of Malkoch Peak

Malkoch Peak

Malkoch Peak is the peak rising to 1300 m in the southeast part of Petvar Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and overlooking Carey Glacier to the west and Rutford Ice Stream to the east....

. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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