Bezden Peak
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Bezden Peak is the peak rising to 2900 m in the Bangey Heights
Bangey Heights
Bangey Heights are the heights rising to 2900 m in north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, extending 12 km in southwest-northeast direction and 10 km in northwest-southeast direction...

 of north-central 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. It is surmounting Patleyna Glacier
Patleyna Glacier
Patleyna Glacier is the 5.5 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated north of the upper course of Ellen Glacier...

 to the north and Ellen Glacier
Ellen Glacier
The Ellen Glacier is an Antarctic glacier in central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Anderson and Long Gables and flowing generally SE for 35 km to Barnes Ridge, where it leaves the range and enters the south flowing Rutford Ice Stream.First mapped by...

 to the south.

The peak is named after the settlement of Bezden in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Bezden Peak is located at 78°04′57"S 85°42′07"W, which is 4.26 km east-northeast of Mount Todd
Mount Todd
Mount Todd is a peak rising to 3,600 m at the north extremity of Probuda Ridge in north-central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Embree Glacier to the west, Patleyna Glacier to the northeast and Ellen Glacier to the south-southeast.The peak was named in 1984 by the...

, 9.9 km southeast of Mount Goldthwait, 3.23 km south of Golemani Peak
Golemani Peak
Golemani Peak is the peak rising to 2800 m in the Bangey Heights of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting Patleyna Glacier to the southwest....

 and 5.6 km north-northwest of Voysil Peak
Voysil Peak
Voysil Peak is the peak rising to 2900 m in Maglenik Heights, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting Kopsis Glacier tributaries to the north and east, and upper Ellen Glacier to the southwest....

. 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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