Mount Ghiuselev

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Mount Ghiuselev (Bulgarian: Гюзелев връх, ‘Ghiuselev Vrah’ \gyu-'ze-lev 'vr&h\) is the ice-covered mountain of elevation 1100 m in Avroleva Heights on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free north and northwest slopes, and surmounts Mitev Glacier to the northwest, Pampa Passage to the southeast and Svetovrachene Glacier to the southwest.

The mountain is named after the Bulgarian opera singer Nicola Ghiuselev (1936-2014).

Location

Mount Ghiuselev is located at 64°13′17″S 62°07′25″W / 64.22139°S 62.12361°WCoordinates: 64°13′17″S 62°07′25″W / 64.22139°S 62.12361°W, which is 4.16 km south-southwest of Petroff Point, 3.8 km west-southwest of Mitchell Point, 3.1 km north by east of Einthoven Hill and 3.2 km east by south of Opizo Peak. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Mount Ghiuselev. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Avroleva Heights are seen on the near side of the left part of the island.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.