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Mount Klayn (Bulgarian: връх Клайн, romanized: vrah Klayn, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈkɫajn]) is the peak rising to 2086 m[1] in the northern portion of Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The feature extends 2.8 km, trending north-northeast, and is 900 m wide. It has steep and partly ice-free southeast slopes, and surmounts upper Nimitz Glacier to the northeast.

The peak is named after Laslo Klayn, geologist at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 1999/2000 and subsequent seasons.

Location

Mount Klayn is located at 78°39′39″S 86°16′54.3″W, which is 10.84 km northwest of Mount Fisek, 12.76 km northeast of Wild Knoll, 17.43 km southeast of Ereta Peak, 4.83 km south of Ichev Nunatak, and 17.6 km west of Mount Atkinson in Sentinel Range. US mapping in 1961 and 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

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

External links

• Mount Klayn. Copernix satellite image

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

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Mount Klayn (englisch; bulgarisch връх Клайн .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 Klajn) ist ein in südsüdwest-nordnordöstlicher Ausrichtung 2,8 km langer, 0,9 km breiter und 2400 m hoher Berg im westantarktischen Ellsworthland. In der nördlichen Bastien Range des Ellsworthgebirges ragt er 10,84 km nordwestlich des Mount Fisek, 12,76 km nordöstlich des Wild Knoll, 17,43 km südöstlich des Ereta Peak, 4,83 km südlich des Itschew-Nunataks und 17,6 km westlich des Mount Atkinson auf. Seine steilen Südosthänge sind teilweise unvereist. Der obere Abschnitt des Nimitz-Gletscher liegt nordöstlich von ihm.

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