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Galicia Point
Galicia Point is located in Antarctica
Galicia Point
Galicia Point
Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation4,480 m (14,700 ft)
Coordinates78°30′30″S 85°42′00″W / 78.508333°S 85.7°W / -78.508333; -85.7
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Parent rangeSentinel Range

Galicia Point[1] (Bulgarian: връх Галисия, romanized: vrah Galisiya, IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ɡɐˈlisijɐ]; Spanish: Punta Galicia; Galician: Punta Galicia or Punta Galiza) is the peak rising to 4480 m[2] in Vinson Massif, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and surmounting Jacobsen Valley to the east and Branscomb Glacier to the north and west.

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.

  1. ^ "Spaniards on Vinson debrief: New routes and names". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Explorersweb, 26 January 2005.
  2. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

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