Sostra Heights

Sostra Heights (Bulgarian: Состренски възвишения, ‘Sostrenski Vazvisheniya’ \'so-stren-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising ro 2460 m at Mount Malone on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. They extend 22 km in northwest-southeast direction and 16.5 km in northeast-southwest direction. The heights are bounded by Embree Glacier to the south, Sabazios Glacier to the west, Newcomer Glacier to the north and Rutford Ice Stream to the east, and separated by Robinson Pass to the southwest from the side ridge that trends 9.15 km east-northeastwards from Mount Dalrymple on the main crest of Sentinel Range. Their interior is drained by Anchialus Glacier and Vit Ice Piedmont.

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Map of northern Sentinel Range.

The heights are named after the ancient Roman fortress of Sostra in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Sostra Heights are centred at 77°53′00″S 85°28′00″W. US mapping in 1961.

Features

Geographical features include:

• Anchialus Glacier
• Blenika Peak
• Bracken Peak
• Embree Glacier
• Mount Lanning
• Mount Malone
• Mount McKeown
• Newcomer Glacier
• Robinson Pass
• Sabazios Glacier
• Skaklya Glacier
• Vit Ice Piedmont
• Zhenda Glacier

Maps

• Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Sostra Heights. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

Sostra Heights. Copernix satellite image

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