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Monyak Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Моняк, ‘Halm Monyak’ \'h&lm 'mo-nyak\) is the rocky hill rising to 864 m[1] at the north extremity of Flowers Hills on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Dater Glacier to the west, Ellen Glacier to the north, and Lardeya Ice Piedmont to the east.

The feature is named after the medieval fortress of Monyak in southern Bulgaria.

Location

Monyak Hill is located at 78°18′28″S 84°30′29″W, which is 4.6 km north of Dickey Peak, 12.75 km east-northeast of Mount Levack in Sullivan Heights, and 11.2 km south-southeast of Mount Besch in Barnes Ridge. US mapping in 1988.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

References

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

External links

• Monyak Hill. Copernix satellite image

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

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Der Monyak Hill (englisch; bulgarisch хълм Моняк .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}wrach Monjak) ist ein 700 m hoher und felsiger Hügel im westantarktischen Ellsworthland. Am nördlichen Ende der Flowers Hills im Osten der Sentinel Range des Ellsworthgebirges ragt er 4,6 km nördlich des Dickey Peak, 12,75 km ostnordöstlich des Mount Levack und 11,2 km südsüdöstlich des Mount Besch auf. Der Dater-Gletscher liegt westlich, der Ellen-Gletscher nördlich und der Lardeja-Piedmont-Gletscher östlich von ihm.

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