Doyran Heights are the heights rising to 3560 m (Mount Tuck

Mount Tuck

Mount Tuck is a pyramidal mountain at the head of Hansen Glacier, the summit of Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...

) in the east foothills 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...

 and Craddock Massif

Craddock Massif

Craddock Massif is a mountain massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, in the Chilean claim of West Antarctica.-Location and highest point:...

 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, extending 30.8 km in north-south direction and 16.5 km in east-west direction. They are bounded by Thomas Glacier

Thomas Glacier

Thomas Glacier is a roughly Z-shaped glacier which drains the southeast slopes of Vinson Massif and flows for 17 nautical miles through the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, leaving the range south of Johnson Spur. Discovered by U.S...

 to the south and southwest, 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...

 and Hansen Glacier

Hansen Glacier

Hansen Glacier is a tributary glacier 10 nautical miles long, flowing northeast from Mount Tuck to join Dater Glacier, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59...

 to the northwest and north, and a wide south-facing ice-filled valley to the east, linked to Craddock Massif

Craddock Massif

Craddock Massif is a mountain massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, in the Chilean claim of West Antarctica.-Location and highest point:...

 to the west by Goreme Col

Goreme Col

Goreme Col is the col of elevation 2700 m linking Doyran Heights to the east to Mount Mohl on the northeast side of Craddock Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...

, and separated from Veregava Ridge

Veregava Ridge

Veregava Ridge is the ridge rising to 3100 m in the northeast foothills of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, and extending 15.7 km in southwest-northeast direction and 6 km in southeast-northwest direction...

 to the north by Manole Pass

Manole Pass

Manole Pass is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 2350 m separating Veregava Ridge from Doyran Heights in the east foothills of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...

 and from Flowers Hills

Flowers Hills

Flowers Hills is a group of hills, 20 nautical miles long and with peaks of 1,240 and 1,390 m, lying south of the terminus of Dater Glacier and extending along the east edge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air...

 to the northeast by Kostinbrod Pass

Kostinbrod Pass

Kostinbrod Pass is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 1100 m separating Doyran Heights from Flowers Hills in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.The pass is named after the town of Kostinbrod in Western Bulgaria.-Location:...

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The heights are named after the settlements of Doyrantsi in Northeastern and Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Doyran Heights are centred at 78°32′30"S 84°37′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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