Oborishte Ridge
Oborishte Ridge (Rid Oborishte \'rid o-'bo-ri-shte\) has an elevation of 340 m in the southwest extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.7 km along the southeast coast of Yankee Harbour and 950 m wide. Ice-free surface area (together with the adjoining Provadiya Hook) 138 hectares (340 acres).[1] Surmounting Solis Glacier to the east and Wulfila Glacier to the southeast.
The ridge is named after the historic site of Oborishte in central Bulgaria.
[edit] Location
The summit of the ridge is located at 62°32′05″S 59°45′04″W / 62.53472°S 59.75111°W which is 2.17 km southeast of Spit Point, 2.54 km north-northwest of the summit of Ephraim Bluff and 1.77 km west-northwest of Terter Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009).
[edit] Notes
- ^ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
[edit] Reference
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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