Toros Peak is the rocky twin summit peak rising to 3000 m in Zinsmeister Ridge

Zinsmeister Ridge

Zinsmeister Ridge is the high, rugged mountain ridge, 9 mi long, running northeast from Schoening Peak, Vinson Massif in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Jagged 2000 to 3000 m peaks including Vanand and Toros Peaks surmount the ridge, which separates Hinkley Glacier from the upper part of...

 on the northeast side of Vinson Massif

Vinson Massif

Vinson Massif is the highest mountain of Antarctica, lying in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, which stand above the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located about from the South Pole and is about long and wide. At the highest point is Mount...

 in 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...

, 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...

 in Antarctica, and surmounting Dater Glacier

Dater Glacier

The Dater Glacier is a steep valley glacier in Antarctica, long and from 1.6 km to 4.8 km wide, flowing NE in a sinuous course from the eastern slopes of Vinson Massif to Rutford Ice Stream which borders the eastern flank of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains...

 to the east and its tributary Hinkley Glacier to the northwest.

The peak is named after the settlement of Toros in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Toros Peak is located at 78°28′03"S 85°14′55"W, which is 1.66 km northeast of Vanand Peak

Vanand Peak

Vanand Peak is the sharp peak rising to 3100 m in Zinsmeister Ridge on the northeast side of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, and surmounting Dater Glacier to the east and its tributary Hinkley Glacier to the northwest....

, 5.16 km south-southeast of Mount Segers and 7.38 km west 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...

. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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