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Galicia Peak

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Location
  
Antarctica

Elevation
  
4,557 m

Parent range
  
Sentinel Range

Mountain range
  
Sentinel Range

Galicia Peak

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Galicia Point (Bulgarian: връх Галисия, ‘Vrah Galicia’ 'vr&h ga-'li-si-ya; Spanish: Punta Galicia; Galician: Punta Galicia or Punta Galiza) is the peak rising to 4500 m in Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and surmounting Jacobsen Valley to the east and Branscomb Glacier to the north and west.

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Map of Galicia Peak, Antarctica

The peak is named after the Spanish region of Galicia in connection with the peak’s ascent by the Spaniard Miguel Ángel Vidal on 28 December 2004.

Location

Galicia Peak is located at 78°30′30″S 85°42′00″W, which is 5.02 km south of Mount Shinn (4661 m), 2.62 km north-northwest of the summit Mount Vinson (4892 m), 840 m north of Branscomb Peak (4520 m) and 5.5 km east-southeast of Knutzen Peak (3373 m). US mapping in 1961, 1988 and 2007.

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
  • References

    Galicia Peak Wikipedia