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Patmos Peak
Sentinel-Range-location-map.png
Location of Bastien Range in Western Antarctica.
Highest point
Elevation 6,233.596 ft (1,900.000 m)
Geography
Location Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica
Vinson-Map
Map of Sentinel Range and Bastien Range.

Patmos Peak (Bulgarian: връх Патмос, romanizedvrah Patmos) is the peak rising to 1900 m in the southern portion of Bastien Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The feature has steep and partly ice-free east and south slopes, and surmounts Nimitz Glacier and its tributary Karasura Glacier to the northeast, and upper Minnesota Glacier to the southwest.

The peak is named after the medieval fortress of Patmos in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Patmos Peak is located at 78°49′14.3″S 85°55′11″W / 78.820639°S 85.91972°W / -78.820639; -85.91972, which is 4.66 km northwest of Bergison Peak, 13.65 km southeast of Wild Knoll, 9.6 km south of Mount Fisek, and 22.54 km west of Mount Inderbitzen in Sentinel Range. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.

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