# Arsela Peak

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**Arsela Peak** (Bulgarian: връх Арсела, ˈvrɤx ɐrˈsɛɫɐ) is the peak rising to 1517 m[1] near the south end of [Owen Ridge](/source/Owen_Ridge), the southernmost portion of the main ridge of [Sentinel Range](/source/Sentinel_Range) in [Ellsworth Mountains](/source/Ellsworth_Mountains), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). It has precipitous and partly ice-free north and southwest slopes, and surmounts lower [Nimitz Glacier](/source/Nimitz_Glacier) to the southwest and the end of [Wessbecher Glacier](/source/Wessbecher_Glacier) to the northeast.

The peak is named after the [Thracian](/source/Thracians) settlement of [Arsela](/source/Arsela) in Southern Bulgaria.

## Location

Arsela Peak is located at [78°56′29.6″S 84°35′19″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=78_56_29.6_S_84_35_19_W), which is 11 km southeast of [Lishness Peak](/source/Lishness_Peak), 14.9 km west-southwest of [Mountainview Ridge](/source/Mountainview_Ridge) in [Petvar Heights](/source/Petvar_Heights), 4 km north-northwest of [Bowers Corner](/source/Bowers_Corner), and 12.1 km northeast of [O'Neal Nunataks](/source/O'Neal_Nunataks) in [Bastien Range](/source/Bastien_Range). US mapping in 1961 and 1988.

## See also

- [Mountains in Antarctica](/source/Mountains_in_Antarctica)

## Maps

- [Vinson Massif.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vinson-Map.jpg) Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- [Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).](http://www.add.scar.org) Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

## Notes

1. [Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.](https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/) Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

## References

- [Arsela Peak.](http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137785) [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) [Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica](/source/Composite_Gazetteer_of_Antarctica).
- [Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.](http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf) [Antarctic Place-names Commission](/source/Antarctic_Place-names_Commission). (details in Bulgarian, [basic data](http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf) in English)

## External links

- [Arsela Peak.](https://copernix.io/#?where=-84.59186024592475,-78.94254525128356,14&?query=&?map_type=hybrid) Copernix satellite image

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